Left atrial appendage morphology and risk of stroke following pulmonary vein isolation for drug-refractory atrial fibrillation in low CHA(2)DS(2)Vasc risk patients

BACKGROUND: Cardiac CT angiography (CCTA) has become an important adjunct in the structural assessment of the pulmonary veins (PV) prior to pulmonary vein isolation (PVI). Published data is conflicting regarding a relationship between left atrial appendage (LAA) and the risk of ischemic stroke (CVA)...

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Autores principales: Kelly, Faith R., Hull, Robert A., Arrey-Mbi, Takor B., Williams, Michael U., Lee, Joshua S., Slim, Ahmad M., Thomas, Dustin M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5331636/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28245798
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12872-017-0504-7

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5331636/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28245798
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12872-017-0504-7

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