Transesophageal echocardiographic screening before atrial flutter ablation: Is it necessary for patient safety?

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1099-1105

  Alyeshmerni, Daniel ^a   Pirmohamed, Altaf ^b   Barac, Ana ^c   Smirniotopoulos, John ^b   Xue, Eric ^c   Goldstein, Steven ^c   Mazel, Jay ^c   Lindsay, Joseph ^c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial flutter; Atrial thrombus; Catheter ablation; Spontaneous echocardiographic contrast; Thrombogenic milieu

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AF; AFL; AT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; ATRIAL THROMBUS; CATHETER ABLATION; LAA; LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE; SEC; SPONTANEOUS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC CONTRAST; TEE; THROMBOGENIC MILIEU; TM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT SAFETY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84883780974     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: 10976795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2013.05.017     Document Type: Article

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