Is CHA2DS2-VASc score a predictor of left atrial thrombus in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation?

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1107-1109

  Tang, Ri Bo ^a   Dong, Jian Zeng ^a   Liu, Xing Peng ^a   Long, De Yong ^a   Yu, Rong Hui ^a   Du, Xin ^a   Liu, Xiao Hui ^a   Ma, Chang Sheng ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; ENOXAPARIN; FIBRINOGEN; WARFARIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHA2 DS2 VASC SCORING SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX RATIO; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; AGE; HEART ATRIUM; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; THROMBOSIS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 79958099597     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1160/TH10-12-0800     Document Type: Letter

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