Stroke risk assessment in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation to consider performing pre-cardioversion transesophageal echocardiography

Autor: E. S. Mazur, V. V. Mazur, N. D. Bazhenov, Yu. A. Orlov
Jazyk: ruština
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Кардиоваскулярная терапия и профилактика, Vol 20, Iss 7 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1728-8800
2619-0125
DOI: 10.15829/1728-8800-2021-2783
Popis: Aim. To study the potential of stroke risk assessment to evaluate the probability of detecting left atrial appendage (LAA) thrombus in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation (AF) to consider performing transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) before cardioversion.Material and methods. TEE before elective cardioversion was performed in 590 patients with persistent AF, of whom 316 (53,6%) had a high stroke risk (valvular AF, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, CHA2DS2-VASc score >1 in men and >2 in women), and 274 (46,4%) — not high. Adequate anticoagulation at least 3 weeks prior to elective cardioversion was received by 164 (51,9%) patients with a high stroke risk and 151 (55,1%) patients with a low risk. The rest of patients either did not receive adequate anticoagulation or received it for less than 3 weeks.Results. In the group of patients who received anticoagulation at least 3 weeks, LAA thrombus was detected in 23 (14,0%) patients with a high stroke risk and in 8 (5,3%) patients with a low risk (p
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