Chronic Kidney Disease as a Possible Predictor of Left Atrial Thrombogenic Milieu Among Patients with Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation

Autor: Masaaki Hoshiga, Masatoshi Miyamura, Koichi Sohmiya, Yumiko Kanzaki, Shimpei Nogi, Noboru Ichihara, Shun Kizawa, Takahide Ito, Kanako Akamatsu
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: The American journal of cardiology. 122(12)
ISSN: 1879-1913
Popis: Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) experiencing atrial arrhythmia are hypothesized to have elevated CHADS2 and CHA2DS2-VASc scores, thereby predisposed to left atrial (LA) thrombus formation and subsequent thromboembolism. We examined possible association of LA thrombogenic milieu (TM) with CKD in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation. A total of 581 patients (181 women; mean age, 67 years) who underwent transesophageal echocardiography were examined. Patients were divided into 4 groups based on the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) (ml/min/1.73 m2): eGFR ≥90 (n = 29), 60≤ eGFR
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