Left Atrial Appendage Morphology and Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source: A Cross-Sectional Multicenter Pilot Study

The left atrial appendage (LAA) is the main source of thrombus in atrial fibrillation, and there is an association between non-chicken wing (NCW) LAA morphology and stroke. We hypothesized that the prevalence of NCW LAA morphology would be higher among patients with cardioembolic (CE) stroke and embolic stroke of undetermined source (ESUS) than among those with noncardioembolic stroke (NCS).

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Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - February 2, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: Shadi Yaghi, Andrew D. Chang, Peter Hung, Brian Mac Grory, Scott Collins, Ajay Gupta, Jacques Reynolds, Caitlin B. Finn, Morgan Hemendinger, Shawna M. Cutting, Ryan A. McTaggart, Mahesh Jayaraman, Audrey Leasure, Lauren Sansing, Nikhil Panda, Christopher Source Type: research