Left atrial thrombus associated with ablation for atrial fibrillation: Identification with intracardiac echocardiography

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1861-1867

  Ren, Jian Fang ^a,b   Marchlinski, Francis E ^a   Callans, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b PENN PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ACT; activated clotting time; AF; atrial fibrillation; ICE; intracardiac echocardiography; LA; left atrial atrium; left ventricular ejection fraction; LVEF; pulmonary vein; PV; RA; radiofrequency; RF; right atrium

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTERY DIAMETER; BLOOD CLOTTING TIME; CATHETER ABLATION; CATHETERIZATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; IMAGING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOGENESIS;

EID: 2442625672     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2004.01.031     Document Type: Article

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