Michael A Labarbera1, Thomas Atta-Fosu2, Albert K Feeny1, Marjan Firouznia2, Meghan Mchale3, Catherine Cantlay3, Tyler Roach3, Alexis Axtell3, Paul Schoenhagen4, John Barnard5, Jonathan D Smith3, David R Van Wagoner3, Anant Madabhushi2,6, Mina K Chung3,4. 1. Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of MedicineCase Western Reserve University Cleveland OH 44106 USA. 2. Department of Biomedical EngineeringCase Western Reserve University Cleveland OH 44106 USA. 3. Department of Cardiovascular and Metabolic SciencesLerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Cleveland OH 44106 USA. 4. Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Heart, VascularThoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic Cleveland OH 44106 USA. 5. Department of Quantitative Health SciencesLerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Cleveland OH 44106 USA. 6. Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Administration Medical Center Cleveland OH 44106 USA.
Abstract
Objective: To identify radiomic and clinical features associated with post-ablation recurrence of AF, given that cardiac morphologic changes are associated with persistent atrial fibrillation (AF), and initiating triggers of AF often arise from the pulmonary veins which are targeted in ablation. Methods: Subjects with pre-ablation contrast CT scans prior to first-time catheter ablation for AF between 2014-2016 were retrospectively identified. A training dataset (D1) was constructed from left atrial and pulmonary vein morphometric features extracted from equal numbers of consecutively included subjects with and without AF recurrence determined at 1 year. The top-performing combination of feature selection and classifier methods based on C-statistic was evaluated on a validation dataset (D2), composed of subjects retrospectively identified between 2005-2010. Clinical models ([Formula: see text]) were similarly evaluated and compared to radiomic ([Formula: see text]) and radiomic-clinical models ([Formula: see text]), each independently validated on D2. Results: Of 150 subjects in D1, 108 received radiofrequency ablation and 42 received cryoballoon. Radiomic features of recurrence included greater right carina angle, reduced anterior-posterior atrial diameter, greater atrial volume normalized to height, and steeper right inferior pulmonary vein angle. Clinical features predicting recurrence included older age, greater BMI, hypertension, and warfarin use; apixaban use was associated with reduced recurrence. AF recurrence was predicted with radio-frequency ablation models on D2 subjects with C-statistics of 0.68, 0.63, and 0.70 for radiomic, clinical, and combined feature models, though these were not prognostic in patients treated with cryoballoon. Conclusions: Pulmonary vein morphology associated with increased likelihood of AF recurrence within 1 year of catheter ablation was identified on cardiac CT. Significance: Radiomic and clinical features-based predictive models may assist in identifying atrial fibrillation ablation candidates with greatest likelihood of successful outcome.
Objective: To identify radiomic and clinical features associated with post-ablation recurrence of AF, given that cardiac morphologic changes are associated with persistent atrial fibrillation (AF), and initiating triggers of AF often arise from the pulmonary veins which are targeted in ablation. Methods: Subjects with pre-ablation contrast CT scans prior to first-time catheter ablation for AF between 2014-2016 were retrospectively identified. A training dataset (D1) was constructed from left atrial and pulmonary vein morphometric features extracted from equal numbers of consecutively included subjects with and without AF recurrence determined at 1 year. The top-performing combination of feature selection and classifier methods based on C-statistic was evaluated on a validation dataset (D2), composed of subjects retrospectively identified between 2005-2010. Clinical models ([Formula: see text]) were similarly evaluated and compared to radiomic ([Formula: see text]) and radiomic-clinical models ([Formula: see text]), each independently validated on D2. Results: Of 150 subjects in D1, 108 received radiofrequency ablation and 42 received cryoballoon. Radiomic features of recurrence included greater right carina angle, reduced anterior-posterior atrial diameter, greater atrial volume normalized to height, and steeper right inferior pulmonary vein angle. Clinical features predicting recurrence included older age, greater BMI, hypertension, and warfarin use; apixaban use was associated with reduced recurrence. AF recurrence was predicted with radio-frequency ablation models on D2 subjects with C-statistics of 0.68, 0.63, and 0.70 for radiomic, clinical, and combined feature models, though these were not prognostic in patients treated with cryoballoon. Conclusions: Pulmonary vein morphology associated with increased likelihood of AF recurrence within 1 year of catheter ablation was identified on cardiac CT. Significance: Radiomic and clinical features-based predictive models may assist in identifying atrial fibrillation ablation candidates with greatest likelihood of successful outcome.
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