Intracardiac echocardiography for detection of thrombus in the left atrial appendage comparison with transesophageal echocardiography in patients undergoing ablation for atrial fibrillation: the action-ice i study

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1074-1081

  Baran, Jakub ^a   Stec, Sebastian ^a   Pilichowska Paszkiet, Ewa ^a   Zaborska, Beata ^a   Sikora Frac, Malgorzata ^a   Krynski, Tomasz ^a   Michalowska, Ilona ^b   Lopatka, Rafal ^c   Kulakowski, Piotr ^a  

^a GROCHOWSKI HOSPITAL   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF CARDIOLOGY   (Poland)

^c WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Echocardiography; Intracardiac imaging techniques; Thrombosis; Transesophageal

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY SINUS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSPHAGIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPH; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACARDIAC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND CATHETER; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE THROMBUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAROXYSMAL HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; SEX; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; THORAX PAIN; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84892178516     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.113.000504     Document Type: Article

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