Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction Is Associated with the Risk of Thrombus in the Left Atrial Appendage in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation.
Beata Uziębło-ŻyczkowskaPaweł KrzesińkiAgnieszka JurekAgnieszka Kaplon-CieslickaIwona GorczycaMonika BudnikGrzegorz GielerakMarek KiliszekMonika GawalkoPiotr ScisłoJanusz KochanowskiOlga JelonekAnna MichalskaKatarzyna StarzykKrzysztof J FilipiakBeata Wożakowska-KapłonGrzegorz OpolskiPublished in: Cardiovascular therapeutics (2020)
LAAT is related to lower LVEF and higher LAD. LVEF is one of the independent predictors of LAAT. Even in the case of adequate anticoagulant therapy, it might be prudent to consider TEE before cardioversion or ablation in patients with low LVEF and LA enlargement, especially in the coexistence of other thromboembolic risk factors.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- left atrial appendage
- ejection fraction
- aortic stenosis
- catheter ablation
- risk factors
- left atrial
- left ventricular
- heart failure
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- acute myocardial infarction
- aortic valve
- mitral valve
- mesenchymal stem cells
- acute coronary syndrome