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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2018
University of Utah Research Foundation, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Nassir F. Marrouche, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Rob MacLeod, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Evgueni Kholmovski, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Christopher McGann, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Joshua Blauer, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Troy Badger, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Robert Sillman Oakes, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Nathan Burgon, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Marcos Daccarett, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH RESEARCH FOUNDATION, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems are described for treatment of atrial fibrillation. Certain embodiments provide methods of assessing a risk of thromboembolic stroke in a patient. The method comprises acquiring image data and determining an indicator of a degree of fibrosis of a patient's left atrium (LA) based on the image data. A treatment modality is then determined and administered to the patient based on the analysis of the image data.