D-dimer blood concentrations to exclude left atrial thrombus in patients with atrial fibrillation.
Alexandre AlmoradAnush OhanyanGeorgiana Pintea BenteaJean-Yves WielandtsMilad El HaddadMichelle LyckeLouisa O'NeillMarielle MorissensEva De KeyzerThomas NguyenLaura AnghelSophie SamynBrahim BerdaouiRene H TavernierYves VandekerckhoveMattias DuytschaeverThierry VerbeetSebastian KnechtJosé Castro RodriguezPublished in: Heart (British Cardiac Society) (2020)
This study demonstrates the efficacy of D-dimer cut-offs to exclude LA thrombus in patients with AF. Age adjustment greatly increases the proportion of patients in whom LA thrombus can be safely excluded and consequently avoid precardioversion TOE.