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Atrial thrombosis: Not only left, think also about right!

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia in the general population. Systemic thromboembolism from left atrial appendage (LAA) thrombosis is a well‐known complication of AF, whereas thromboembolic complications from a right atrial (RA) thrombus are infrequent. Nevertheless, the prevalen...

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Autores principales: Degiovanni, Anna, Carassia, Claudia, De Vecchi, Simona, Erbetta, Riccardo, Patti, Giuseppe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9828340/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36218213
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcu.23311
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author Degiovanni, Anna
Carassia, Claudia
De Vecchi, Simona
Erbetta, Riccardo
Patti, Giuseppe
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description Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia in the general population. Systemic thromboembolism from left atrial appendage (LAA) thrombosis is a well‐known complication of AF, whereas thromboembolic complications from a right atrial (RA) thrombus are infrequent. Nevertheless, the prevalence of RA thrombosis is debated; despite having a low prevalence in echocardiographic studies, the higher prevalence found in autoptic studies rises the hypothesis of an under detection of RA clots, possibly related to the limited evaluation of right atrial appendage (RAA) with non‐invasive imaging. Here we present a review of the current literature about RA thrombosis, regarding its diagnosis, differentials, and best treatment options.
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spelling pubmed-98283402023-01-10 Atrial thrombosis: Not only left, think also about right! Degiovanni, Anna Carassia, Claudia De Vecchi, Simona Erbetta, Riccardo Patti, Giuseppe J Clin Ultrasound Cardiac Tumors and Trombosis Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia in the general population. Systemic thromboembolism from left atrial appendage (LAA) thrombosis is a well‐known complication of AF, whereas thromboembolic complications from a right atrial (RA) thrombus are infrequent. Nevertheless, the prevalence of RA thrombosis is debated; despite having a low prevalence in echocardiographic studies, the higher prevalence found in autoptic studies rises the hypothesis of an under detection of RA clots, possibly related to the limited evaluation of right atrial appendage (RAA) with non‐invasive imaging. Here we present a review of the current literature about RA thrombosis, regarding its diagnosis, differentials, and best treatment options. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2022-10-11 2022-10 /pmc/articles/PMC9828340/ /pubmed/36218213 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcu.23311 Text en © 2022 The Authors. Journal of Clinical Ultrasound published by Wiley Periodicals LLC. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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title Atrial thrombosis: Not only left, think also about right!
title_full Atrial thrombosis: Not only left, think also about right!
title_fullStr Atrial thrombosis: Not only left, think also about right!
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title_short Atrial thrombosis: Not only left, think also about right!
title_sort atrial thrombosis: not only left, think also about right!
topic Cardiac Tumors and Trombosis
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9828340/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36218213
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcu.23311
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