Atrial fibrillation type and renal dysfunction as important predictors of left atrial thrombus.
Agnieszka Kapłon-CieślickaMonika BudnikMonika GawalkoMichał PellerIwona GorczycaAnna MichalskaAldona BabiarzAleksandra BodysRobert UlińskiMaciej ŻochowskiPiotr ScisłoJanusz KochanowskiKrzysztof J FilipiakGrzegorz OpolskiPublished in: Heart (British Cardiac Society) (2019)
In real-world AF patients with majority on oral anticoagulation, LAA thrombus was found in approximately 6%. Two variables not included in the CHA2DS2-VASc score (AF type and renal dysfunction) proved strong, independent predictors of LAA thrombus and might improve thromboembolic risk stratification.