Frequency and significance of right atrial appendage thrombi in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1200-1207

  Cresti, Alberto ^a   García Fernández, Miguel Angel ^b   Miracapillo, Gennaro ^a   Picchi, Andrea ^a   Cesareo, Francesca ^a   Guerrini, Francesco ^a   Severi, Silva ^a  

^a MISERICORDIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial flutter; Atrial thrombosis; Cardioversion; Left appendage; Right appendage; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPH; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REAL TIME ULTRASOUND SCANNER; SINUS RHYTHM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THROMBOSIS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CAUSALITY; COMORBIDITY; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84913603594     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: 10976795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2014.08.008     Document Type: Article

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