Dibella Lab

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NIH R01 · 2025

Improved Imaging of Fibrosis in Atrial Fibrillation

Project Summary In the United States, atrial fibrillation (AF) is the second most common cardiovascular condition in adults, after hypertension, affecting 33 million individuals worldwide, with more than 7 million patients in the U.S. and Europe, over 400,000 U.S. hospital admissions per year, 5 million office visits per year, 276,000 emergency room visits per year, a $26 billion annual increase in U.S. healthcare costs, and a five-fold and an almost two- fold increase in the risk of stroke and mortality, respectively. A key marker in the disease process is the collagen and fibrosis formation in the left atrium (LA). MR imaging methods have been developed to assess the left atrium,…

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