Incidence and Predictors of Left Atrial Appendage Thrombus in Patients Treated With Nonvitamin K Oral Anticoagulants Versus Warfarin Before Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation
Wyrembak J, Campbell KB, Steinberg BA, Bahnson TD, Daubert JP, Velazquez EJ, Samad Z, Atwater BD. Incidence and Predictors of Left Atrial Appendage Thrombus in Patients Treated With Nonvitamin K Oral Anticoagulants Versus Warfarin Before Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2017, 119: 1017-1022. PMID: 28153350, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2016.12.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRoutine transesophageal echocardiographyAtrial appendage thrombusLAA thrombusTransesophageal echocardiographyVASc scoreAppendage thrombusNonvitamin K oral anticoagulantsLeft atrial appendage thrombusSingle-center retrospective studyLower LAA velocityTEE-related complicationsOral anticoagulant therapyAtrial fibrillation ablationLAA velocityNOAC therapyOral anticoagulantsAF ablationAnticoagulant therapyCatheter ablationFibrillation ablationAtrial fibrillationRetrospective studyTEE procedureLower incidenceNOACs