Assessment of left atrial appendage function by transthoracic pulsed Doppler echocardiography: Comparing against transesophageal interrogation and predicting echocardiographic risk factors for stroke.
Shin Hnin WaiKyu KyuMary Joyce GalupoGeronica G SongcoWilliam K F KongChi Hang LeeTiong Cheng YeoKian Keong PohPublished in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2017)
TTE assessment of LAA function is feasible and correlates well with the more invasive TEE method. It predicts the presence of thrombus, SEC, and LAA dysfunction on TEE. TTE LAA assessment has incremental value in thromboembolic risk stratification and should be utilized more frequently.