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Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion for Stroke Prevention in Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation
Journal of the American Heart Association, 2021 The majority of embolic strokes in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation are caused by thrombi in the left atrial appendage. It is projected that strokes related to atrial fibrillation will markedly increase in the future unless effective ...
Hussam Suradi +2 more
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Aneurysm of the Right Atrial Appendage [PDF]
Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, 2002 Atrial aneurysms involving the free wall or atrial appendage are rare entities in cardiology practice and may be associated with atrial arrhythmias or embolic phenomena. We review the literature and report a case of aneurysm of the right atrial appendage
Silvio Henrique Barberato +5 more
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Simultaneous Left and Right Atrial Appendage Thrombi on Cardiac Computed Tomography. [PDF]
Reports (MDPI)We report an unusual case of simultaneous left and right atrial appendage thrombosis identified on contrast-enhanced cardiac computed tomography angiography (CT) during pre-procedural evaluation in a patient with permanent atrial fibrillation and ...
Mohamed M, Fahrni G.
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The Left Atrial Appendage Revised
Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, 2017 Nonvalvular atrial fibrillation is associated with a 4- to 5-fold strokes increase and may be responsible for 15% to 20% of all strokes in the elderly. In this scenario, the left atrial appendage thrombus would be the associated with 90% of cases.
Paulo Roberto Barbosa Evora +5 more
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Juxtaposition of the Atrial Appendages [PDF]
Circulation, 1973 Juxtaposition of the atrial appendages refers to that condition in which both atrial appendages or one and part of the other lie beside each other and to one side of the great arterial vessels. The appendages lying to the left of the great vessels (left-sided juxtaposition) is considerably more common than the state in which the appendages lie to the ...
Y, Charuzi +3 more
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Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2022 Several studies in literature have shown that 90% of emboli related to non-valvular atrial fibrillation originate from left atrial appendage. Percutaneous closure or surgical exclusion of left atrial appendage in patients with high bleeding and high ...
Fabrizio Guarracini +13 more
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Cardiac CT evaluation of left atrial diverticulum and accessory appendage
The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, 2022 Background The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence, location, size, and morphological features of the left atrial accessory appendage and diverticulum with cardiac computed tomography.
Sadullah Şimşek +2 more
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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2021 Atrial tachycardia originating from the right atrial appendage has a higher probability of failure of catheter ablation. Here we report a case of a 13-year-old boy with incessant tachycardia, complicated by heart enlargement, and heart failure ...
Li Luo +3 more
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Left Atrial Appendage Exclusion for Atrial Fibrillation [PDF]
Heart Failure Clinics, 2014 Percutaneous left atrial appendage (LAA) closure is being increasingly used as a treatment strategy to prevent stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) who have contraindications to anticoagulants. Several approaches and devices have been developed in the last few years, each with their own unique set of advantages and disadvantages.
Faisal F, Syed +3 more
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Архивъ внутренней медицины, 2022 The aim of this study is to identify factors influencing the likelihood of the thrombus dissolution in the left atrial appendage in patients with persistent nonvalvular atrial fibrillation. Material and methods.
E. S. Mazur +3 more
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