Incidence and predictors of left atrial thrombus prior to catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 379-384

  Scherr, Daniel ^a,b   Dalal, Darshan ^a   Chilukuri, Karuna ^a   Dong, Jun ^a,c   Spragg, David ^a   Henrikson, Charles A ^a   Nazarian, Saman ^a   Cheng, Alan ^a   Berger, Ronald D ^a   Abraham, Theodore P ^a   Calkins, Hugh ^a   Marine, Joseph E ^a,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c CENTER FOR DEVICES AND RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Complication; Echocardiography; Thrombus

Indexed keywords

ENOXAPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ENOXAPARIN; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; THROMBOSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WARFARIN;

EID: 63449102821     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2008.01336.x     Document Type: Article

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