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Association between left atrial function assessed by speckle-tracking echocardiography and the presence of left atrial appendage thrombus in patients with atrial fibrillation
OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to investigate whether the deformation of left atrium (LA) measured by speckle-tracking analysis (STE) is associated with the presence of LA appendage thrombus (LAAT) during non-valvular atrial fibrillation (AF). METHODS: Eighty-seven patients (mean age 67 years,...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Kare Publishing
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5512193/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28559531 http://dx.doi.org/10.14744/AnatolJCardiol.2017.7613 |