Inventors:
Nassir F. Marrouche - Park City UT, US
Rob Macleod - Salt Lake City UT, US
Eugueni Kholmovski - Salt Lake City UT, US
Christopher McGann - Salt Lake City UT, US
Joshua Blauer - Bountiful UT, US
Troy Badger - Midvale UT, US
Robert Sillman Oakes - Centerville UT, US
Nathan Burgon - Sandy UT, US
Marcos Daccarett - Salt Lake City UT, US
International Classification:
A61B 5/055, A61B 5/00, A61B 6/00
Abstract:
Certain embodiments provide a method 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. The method also comprises estimating a level of risk of thromboembolic stroke of the patient based on the indicator.