Left Atrial Thrombus and Dense Spontaneous Contrast in Direct Oral Anticoagulant Therapy of Atrial Fibrillation: Insights from a Reference Center.
Thiago Dos Santos Silva MarquesFrancisco Carlos da Costa DarrieuxFábio GouvêaLeandro GaramboneAna Paula LindosoJoão LageLuciana SacilottoAna Lúcia CoimbraMartina PinheiroNatália Quintella Sangiorgi OlivettiSissy Lara de MeloCarina HardyGuilherme Augusto Teodoro AthaydeDenise HachulCristiano PisaniTan Chen WuMauricio Ibrahim ScanavaccaPublished in: Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia (2022)
The incidence of LA thrombus and DSC in patients using DOC in the context of AF ECV/CA, although small, is not negligible. Patients with higher CHA2DS2-VASc scores, especially older and with larger LA diameter, are more prone to these echocardiographic findings.
Keyphrases
- risk factors
- atrial fibrillation
- left atrial
- catheter ablation
- oral anticoagulants
- left atrial appendage
- direct oral anticoagulants
- ejection fraction
- heart failure
- mitral valve
- end stage renal disease
- left ventricular
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- magnetic resonance
- physical activity
- magnetic resonance imaging
- prognostic factors
- bone marrow
- patient reported outcomes
- mesenchymal stem cells
- pulmonary hypertension
- coronary artery disease
- venous thromboembolism
- acute coronary syndrome
- optic nerve
- contrast enhanced