Table 1. Classification Utah, which divides patients into four groups according to degree of fibrosis.
Utah grade | LA wall DCE | Successful ablation (%) | AF recurrence (%) |
Utah I | ≤ 5% | 100% | 0 |
Utah II | 5% to ≤ 20% | 81.8% | 28% |
Utah III | 20% to ≤ 35% | 62.5% | 35% |
Utah IV | > 35% | 0 | 56% |
AF: atrial fibrillation; DCE: delayed contrast enhancement; LA: left atrial.