Coronary CTA to Investigate Predictive Value of Left Atrial Appendage for Cardiogenic Stroke in Patients with Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation.
Runrong WangChunhong HuZheng LiShuai ZhangWei LiHongling HouPublished in: BioMed research international (2020)
Coronary CTA can provide additional valuable parameters, as a by-product of coronary artery assessment without additional radiation dose, for the risk assessment of CS in patients with NVAF. Coronary CTA may make up for the limitation of single indicator of CHA2DS2-VASc in guiding anticoagulation program, to reduce the incidence of embolism and bleeding events.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- coronary artery
- left atrial appendage
- catheter ablation
- oral anticoagulants
- coronary artery disease
- left atrial
- pulmonary artery
- risk assessment
- direct oral anticoagulants
- heart failure
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- quality improvement
- risk factors
- left ventricular
- subarachnoid hemorrhage
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- brain injury
- climate change
- ejection fraction