Relationship between left atrial appendage morphology and stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1843-1849

  Khurram, Irfan M ^a   Dewire, Jane ^a   Mager, Michael ^a   Maqbool, Farhan ^a   Zimmerman, Stefan L ^a   Zipunnikov, Vadim ^b   Beinart, Roy ^a   E Marine, Joseph ^a   Spragg, David D ^a   Berger, Ronald D ^a   Ashikaga, Hiroshi ^a   Nazarian, Saman ^a   Calkins, Hugh ^a  

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

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Computed tomography; CT; Left atrial appendage morphology; Stroke; Thromboembolism; Trabeculations

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CATHETER ABLATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHADS2 SCORE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AF; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CI; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CT; LA; LAA; LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE; LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE MORPHOLOGY; LEFT ATRIUM/ATRIAL; MPR; MULTIPLANAR RECONSTRUCTION; ODDS RATIO; OR; STROKE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TIA; TRABECULATIONS; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 84889871443     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2013.09.065     Document Type: Article

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