Relationship between body mass index and left atrial appendage thrombus in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation

Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 613-618

  Cohoon, Kevin P ^a   McBane, Robert D ^a   Ammash, Naser ^a   Slusser, Joshua P ^a   Grill, Diane E ^a   Wysokinski, Waldemar E ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Body mass index; Left atrial appendage thrombus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHADS2 SCORE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART LEFT ATRIUM APPENDAGE THROMBUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; NON VALVULAR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOSIS;

AGED; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY MASS INDEX; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84939435161     PISSN: 09295305     EISSN: 1573742X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11239-015-1266-7     Document Type: Article

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