2011 ACCF/AHA/HRS focused updates incorporated into the ACC/AHA/ESC 2006 Guidelines for the management of patients with atrial fibrillation: a report of the …

V Fuster, LE Rydén, DS Cannom, HJ Crijns… - Journal of the American …, 2011 - jacc.org
1.1. Organization of Committee and Evidence Review (UPDATED) For new or updated text,
view the 2011 Focused Update and the 2011 Update on Dabigatran. Text supporting …

Acc/aha/esc 2006 guidelines for the management of patients with atrial fibrillation: A report of the american college of cardiology/american heart association task force …

V Fuster, LE Rydén, DS Cannom, HJ Crijns, AB Curtis… - Circulation, 2006 - Am Heart Assoc
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac rhythm disturbance, increasing
in prevalence with age. AF is often associated with structural heart disease, although a …

Role of left atrial appendageobliteration in stroke reductionin patients with mitral valve prosthesis: A transesophageal echocardiographic study

M García-Fernández, E Pérez-David, J Quiles… - Journal of the American …, 2003 - jacc.org
Objectives: The aim of our study was to assess whether left atrial appendage (LAA) ligation
in patients undergoing mitral valve replacement is associated with the risk of future …

ACC/AHA/ESC 2006 guidelines for the management of patients with atrial fibrillation: full text: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart …

V Fuster, LE Rydén, DS Cannom, HJ Crijns… - Europace, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac rhythm disturbance, increasing
in prevalence with age. AF is often associated with structural heart disease, although a …

Patients with atrial fibrillation and dense spontaneous echo contrast at high risk: a prospective and serial follow-up over 12 months with transesophageal …

P Bernhardt, H Schmidt, C Hammerstingl… - Journal of the American …, 2005 - jacc.org
Objectives: We sought to assess the prognosis of patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and
dense spontaneous echo contrast (SEC) and to determine the incidence of cerebral …

Spontaneous echo contrast videodensity isflow-related and is dependent on the relative concentrations of fibrinogen and red blood cells

R Rastegar, DJ Harnick, P Weidemann, V Fuster… - Journal of the American …, 2003 - jacc.org
Objectives: The purposes of the present study were to: 1) determine whether fibrinogen (Fg)
is the plasma protein responsible for spontaneous echo contrast (SEC), and 2) investigate …

Prevalence and clinical significance of left atrial spontaneous echo contrast detected by transesophageal echocardiography

J Vincelj, I Sokol, O Jakšić - Echocardiography, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
The prevalence and clinical significance of left atrial spontaneous echo contrast (SEC) were
studied in patients undergoing transesophageal echocardiography (TEE). The study group …

Frequency and significance of right atrial appendage thrombi in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter

A Cresti, MA García-Fernández, G Miracapillo… - Journal of the American …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background Atrial fibrillation (AF) and atrial flutter (AFL) are strong atrial thrombosis (THR)
risk factors. In recent-onset tachyarrhythmias, the incidence of left atrial appendage (LAA) …

Association of CHADS2 and CHA2DS2‐VASc Scores with Left Atrial Thrombus with Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation: A Single Center Based Retrospective Study in a …

J Huang, SL Wu, YM Xue, HW Fei… - BioMed Research …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The main mechanism of the CHADS2 and CHA2DS2‐VASc scores to predict stroke in
nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) is still controversial. We evaluated the association of the …

Prevalence of auricular thrombosis before atrial flutter cardioversion: a 17-year transoesophageal echocardiographic study

A Cresti, MA García-Fernández, F De Sensi… - Europace, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Aims Prevalence of left appendage thrombosis ranges from 6 to 18% in persistent atrial
fibrillation (AF). Few and low sample size studies have assessed left and right atrial …