Association between Left Atrial Appendage Morphology and Clot Histology in Patients with Embolic Ischemic Stroke: An Exploratory Study.
Givi LengvenisJulius DrachnerisEdvardas ŽurauskasAleksandra EkkertAndrius BerūkštisMarius KurminasRokas GirčiusKipras MikelisAndrej AfanasjevKristina RyliškienėArvydas LaurinaviciusAlgirdas Edvardas TamošiūnasPublished in: Journal of clinical medicine (2024)
The chicken-wing LAA morphological type is associated with lower clot fibrin contents, suggesting potentially different embolism mechanisms or diverse embolic sources, compared with the non-chicken-wing LAA types. Further studies are required to investigate this association.