The impact of the latest echocardiographic chamber quantification recommendations on the prediction of left atrial appendage thrombus presence by transthoracic echocardiography.

CONCLUSIONS: Differentiation between normal and abnormal value enhanced the diagnostic meaning of LAVi in the aspect of higher LAAT risk. LVEF reclassification had no significant influence. PMID: 28799449 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Acta Cardiologica - Category: Cardiology Tags: Acta Cardiol Source Type: research