Right atrial appendage thrombosis in atrial fibrillation: its frequency and its clinical predictors
| Autor: | Harald Becher, Berndt Lüderitz, Dean MacCarter, Barbara Rang, Stefan Illien, Rami Rabahieh, Marcello de Divitiis, Rainer Schimpf, Heyder Omran, Werner Jung |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Heart disease Ventricular Function Left Risk Factors Internal medicine Atrial Fibrillation Image Processing Computer-Assisted Medicine Humans Sinus rhythm Atrial Appendage cardiovascular diseases Aged Appendage Echocardiography Doppler Pulsed Ejection fraction business.industry Vascular disease Atrial fibrillation Stroke Volume Thrombosis Middle Aged medicine.disease cardiovascular system Cardiology Female Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Right Atrial Appendage Blood Flow Velocity Echocardiography Transesophageal |
| Zdroj: | The American journal of cardiology. 84(9) |
| ISSN: | 0002-9149 |
| Popis: | This study assesses the incidence of right atrial (RA) chamber and appendage thrombosis in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) in relation to RA appendage morphology and function. Transthoracic and multiplane transesophageal echocardiography were performed in 102 patients with AF to assess the incidence of RA and left atrial (LA) thrombi and spontaneous echo contrast. Both right and left ventricular sizes, atrial chamber and appendage sizes and function were measured. Twenty-two patients in sinus rhythm served as the control group (SR). Complete visualization of the RA appendage was feasible in 90 patients with AF. Patients with AF had lower tricuspid annular excursion (p = 0.008) and larger RA chamber area (p = 0.0001) than patients in SR. In addition, RA appendage areas were larger (p |
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