Left Atrial Cavity Thrombus and Fatal Systemic Embolization in a Stroke Patient with Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation: A Caveat against Left Atrial Appendage Closure for Stroke Prevention

An 88-year-old male with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) and severe congestive heart failure (HF), was admitted to the Neurological Intensive Care Unit because of the acute onset of aphasia and left hemiplegia. Transthoracic echocardiography revealed a left atrial (LA) cavity thrombus. Its “f...

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Autores principales: Sonaglioni, Andrea, Vincenti, Antonio, Lombardo, Michele, Anzà, Claudio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7307615/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32766107
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jcecho.jcecho_46_19

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