IMPROVED DETECTION OF LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE THROMBUS UTILIZING MICROBUBBLE CONTRAST
| Autor: | Majd Ibrahim, Anna Catino, Promporn Suksaranjit, Brent D. Wilson, Alexander Ross |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Appendage
medicine.medical_specialty business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Diagnostic accuracy medicine.disease Left atrial Internal medicine cardiovascular system Cardiology Medicine Contrast (vision) cardiovascular diseases Thrombus Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business human activities media_common |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 73:1442 |
| ISSN: | 0735-1097 |
| Popis: | Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is the primary tool for the assessment of left atrial appendage (LAA) thrombus. However, diagnostic accuracy remains sub-optimal with reports of cerebral embolic events approaching 1% after TEE-cardioversion. Microbubble contrast is anecdotally useful in |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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