Search Results - "Sim, Iain"
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Predicting Atrial Fibrillation Recurrence by Combining Population Data and Virtual Cohorts of Patient-Specific Left Atrial Models
Published in Circulation. Arrhythmia and electrophysiology (01-02-2022)“…Current ablation therapy for atrial fibrillation is suboptimal, and long-term response is challenging to predict. Clinical trials identify bedside properties…”
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Quantifying atrial anatomy uncertainty from clinical data and its impact on electro-physiology simulation predictions
Published in Medical image analysis (01-04-2020)“…•Quantification of the left atrial shape uncertainty.•Probabilistic approach.•Quantify the impact of the shape uncertainty on numerical simulations.•Medical…”
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In silico Comparison of Left Atrial Ablation Techniques That Target the Anatomical, Structural, and Electrical Substrates of Atrial Fibrillation
Published in Frontiers in physiology (16-09-2020)“…Catheter ablation therapy for persistent atrial fibrillation (AF) typically includes pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) and may include additional ablation lesions…”
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OpenEP: A Cross-Platform Electroanatomic Mapping Data Format and Analysis Platform for Electrophysiology Research
Published in Frontiers in physiology (26-02-2021)“…Electroanatomic mapping systems are used to support electrophysiology research. Data exported from these systems is stored in proprietary formats which are…”
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Secondary Stroke Prevention Following Embolic Stroke of Unknown Source in the Absence of Documented Atrial Fibrillation: A Clinical Review
Published in Journal of the American Heart Association (06-07-2021)“…Abstract Approximately one‐third of ischemic strokes are classified as cryptogenic strokes. The risk of stroke recurrence in these patients is significantly…”
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Marked enhancement of the immune response to BioThrax® (Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed) by the TLR9 agonist CPG 7909 in healthy volunteers
Published in Vaccine (26-08-2011)“…Abstract Immunization with BioThrax® (Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed) is a safe and effective means of preventing anthrax. Animal studies have demonstrated that the…”
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High Prevalence of New Clinically Significant Findings in Patients With Embolic Stroke of Unknown Source Evaluated by Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Published in Journal of the American Heart Association (06-02-2024)“…Embolic stroke of unknown source (ESUS) accounts for 1 in 6 ischemic strokes. Current guidelines do not recommend routine cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR)…”
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Time-Averaged Wavefront Analysis Demonstrates Preferential Pathways of Atrial Fibrillation, Predicting Pulmonary Vein Isolation Acute Response
Published in Frontiers in physiology (27-09-2021)“…Electrical activation during atrial fibrillation (AF) appears chaotic and disorganised, which impedes characterisation of the underlying substrate and…”
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Standardised computed tomographic assessment of left atrial morphology and tissue thickness in humans
Published in International journal of cardiology. Heart & vasculature (01-02-2021)“…Left atrial (LA) remodelling is a common feature of many cardiovascular pathologies and is a sensitive marker of adverse cardiovascular outcomes. The aim of…”
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Left atrial voltage mapping: defining and targeting the atrial fibrillation substrate
Published in Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology (01-12-2019)“…Low atrial endocardial bipolar voltage, measured during catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF), is a commonly used surrogate marker for the presence of…”
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Impact of catheter ablation versus medical therapy on cognitive function in atrial fibrillation: a systematic review
Published in Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology (01-10-2022)“…Purpose Atrial fibrillation is associated with an increased risk of cognitive impairment. It is unclear whether the restoration of sinus rhythm with catheter…”
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PO-01-215 ATRIAL FIBRILLATION OUTCOME IS IMPROVED BY BIATRIAL SUBSTRATE ABLATION IN A LARGE VIRTUAL TRIAL
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A technique for measuring anisotropy in atrial conduction to estimate conduction velocity and atrial fibre direction
Published in Computers in biology and medicine (01-01-2019)“…Cardiac conduction properties exhibit large variability, and affect patient-specific arrhythmia mechanisms. However, it is challenging to clinically measure…”
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B-PO02-137 OPEN-SOURCE PLATFORM FOR ANALYSIS OF FIBROSIS BEFORE AND AFTER A PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION PROCEDURE
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Fully Automatic Atrial Fibrosis Assessment Using a Multilabel Convolutional Neural Network
Published in Circulation. Cardiovascular imaging (01-12-2020)“…Pathological atrial fibrosis is a major contributor to sustained atrial fibrillation. Currently, late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) scans provide the only…”
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Applications of multimodality imaging for left atrial catheter ablation
Published in European heart journal cardiovascular imaging (18-12-2021)“…Abstract Atrial arrhythmias, including atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter, may be treated through catheter ablation. The process of atrial arrhythmia…”
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CA-537-02 MARKED DISCREPANCY IN LEFT ATRIAL LATE GADOLINIUM ENHANCMENT QUANTIFICATION BETWEEN TWO COMMONLY USED TECHNIQUES
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Evaluation of an open-source pipeline to create patient-specific left atrial models: A reproducibility study
Published in Computers in biology and medicine (01-08-2023)“…This work presents an open-source software pipeline to create patient-specific left atrial models with fibre orientations and a fibrDEFAULTosis map, suitable…”
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Patient-specific simulations predict efficacy of ablation of interatrial connections for treatment of persistent atrial fibrillation
Published in Europace (London, England) (01-11-2018)“…Treatments for persistent atrial fibrillation (AF) offer limited efficacy. One potential strategy aims to return the right atrium (RA) to sinus rhythm (SR) by…”
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