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Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion for Stroke Prevention in Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation
Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 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 ...
Fareed Moses S. Collado +7 more
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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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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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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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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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Aneurysm of the left atrial appendage [PDF]
Clinical Cardiology, 1979 AbstractA 2‐year old asymptomatic girl is presented in whom the chest x‐ray film led to the discovery of a grossly distorted cardiac shadow. Angiocardiography showed a giant aneurysm originating from the left atrium. At operation an intrapericardial aneurysm of the left atrial appendage, measuring 12 × 4 × 4 cm, was found. It communicated with the left
L G, Van der Hauwaert +3 more
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International Journal of Cardiology: Heart & Vasculature, 2021 Atrial fibrillation is one of the most common cardiovascular disorders encountered by clinicians in clinical practice. Patients with atrial fibrillation are at risk of cerebrovascular and systemic embolic events, which may be attenuated by commencement ...
Hashrul N. Rashid, Jamie Layland
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Left atrial appendage fibroelastoma [PDF]
European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging, 2011 A 59-year-old woman suffered sudden left hemiparesis that resolved after several hours. She had a history of hypertension and atrial septal defect repair at the age of 29 but had no history of arrhythmia or other heart disease. Physical examination …
Jennifer, Chen, Itzhak, Kronzon
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International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, 2020 Objective: The objective was to evaluate the application of transesophageal echocardiography, left atrial appendage angiography, cardiac computed tomography angiography, and three-dimensional reconstruction model in the left atrial appendage occlusion ...
Huang Hao Lei +4 more
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Left Atrial Appendage Aneurysm [PDF]
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 2016 Left atrial appendage aneurysms (LAAA) are extremely rare. This condition is usually diagnosed incidentally or after the occurrence of thrombotic events or cardiac tachyarrhythmias in the second to fourth decades of life. It can predispose to hazardous adverse events, including atrial fibrillation, myocardial infarction, and systemic thromboembolism ...
Saeid, Hosseini +6 more
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