Echocardiographic predictors of left atrial appendage thrombus formation

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 499-505

  Ayirala, Srilatha ^a,b   Kumar, Simi ^a,b   O'Sullivan, David M ^a,b   Silverman, David I ^a,b  

^a HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; CHADS2 score; Left atrial appendage thrombus; Stroke

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHADS2 SCORE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE THROMBOSIS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM APPENDAGE THROMBOSIS; HEART LEFT ATRIUM VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; INTRACARDIAC THROMBOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; THROMBOGENESIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; ODDS RATIO; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE VOLUME; THROMBOSIS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 79955453894     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2011.02.010     Document Type: Article

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