Efficacy of anticoagulation in resolving left atrial and left atrial appendage thrombi: A transesophageal echocardiographic study

Background Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is the gold standard for evaluation of the left atrium and the left atrial appendage (LAA) for the presence of thrombi. Anticoagulation is conventionally used for patients with atrial fibrillation to prevent embolization of atrial thrombi. The mechan...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The American heart journal 2000-07, Vol.140 (1), p.150-156
Hauptverfasser:	Jaber, Wael A., Prior, David L., Thamilarasan, Maran, Grimm, Richard A., Thomas, James D., Klein, Allan L., Asher, Craig R.
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Aged Anticoagulants - therapeutic use Atrial Fibrillation - complications Atrial Fibrillation - drug therapy Atrial Function, Left Biological and medical sciences Cardiovascular system Confidence Intervals Echocardiography Echocardiography, Transesophageal Female Heart Atria - diagnostic imaging Heart Atria - physiopathology Heart Diseases - diagnostic imaging Heart Diseases - epidemiology Heart Diseases - etiology Heart Diseases - prevention & control Humans Incidence Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects) Life Sciences (General) Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Probability Prognosis Registries Retrospective Studies Risk Factors Sensitivity and Specificity Space life sciences Thromboembolism - diagnostic imaging Thromboembolism - epidemiology Thromboembolism - etiology Thromboembolism - prevention & control Ultrasonic investigative techniques
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