Comprehensive Left Atrial Appendage Optimization of Thrombus Using Surface Echocardiography: The CLOTS Multicenter Pilot Trial

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1165-1172

  Sallach, John A ^a   Puwanant, Sarinya ^a   Drinko, Jeanne K ^a   Jaffer, Sukaina ^a   Donal, Erwan ^a   Thambidorai, Senthil K ^a   Asher, Craig R ^a   Jaber, Wael A ^a   Stoddard, Marcus F ^b   Zoghbi, William A ^c   Weissmann, Neil J ^d   Mulvagh, Sharon L ^e   Malouf, Joseph F ^e   Jasper, Susan E ^a   Borowski, Allen G ^a   Apperson Hansen, Carolyn ^a   Lieber, Elizabeth A ^a   Li, Jianbo ^a   Klein, Allan L ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Doppler tissue imaging; Left atrial appendage; Spontaneous echo contrast; Thrombus

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIGOXIN; HEPARIN; PERFLUTREN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PILOT STUDY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOSIS; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; OHIO; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 70349431184     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2009.05.028     Document Type: Article

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