Risk factors for thrombosis and spontaneous echocardiographic contrast with sludge in atrial fibrillation patients treated with oral anticoagulants before electrical cardioversion.
Jerzy RekoszJarosław KarwowskiIlona KowalikAnna WiktorskaKarol WrzosekMateusz SoleckiKatarzyna SzmarowskaAnna SzymańskaBeata MierzejewskaJoanna Syska-SumińskaMirosław DłużniewskiPublished in: Kardiologia polska (2024)
Female sex, transthoracic echocardiography, and TEE results should be taken into account in assessing the risk of T/SEC with sludge in LA/LAA patients with AF.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- oral anticoagulants
- microbial community
- left atrial
- wastewater treatment
- anaerobic digestion
- left ventricular
- catheter ablation
- pulmonary hypertension
- sewage sludge
- left atrial appendage
- direct oral anticoagulants
- heart failure
- pulmonary embolism
- magnetic resonance
- municipal solid waste
- mitral valve
- computed tomography
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- ejection fraction
- magnetic resonance imaging
- risk assessment
- acute coronary syndrome