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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Autores principales: Kupczynska, Karolina, Michalski, Blazej W., Miskowiec, Dawid, Kasprzak, Jaroslaw D., Wejner-Mik, Paulina, Wdowiak-Okrojek, Katarzyna, Lipiec, Piotr
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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

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