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Left Atrial Thrombus Causing Stroke and Syncope: Does Size Matters?
Heart India, 2014 Left atrium thrombus is seen in patients with rheumatic heart disease, severe mitral stenosis and/or atrial fibrillation, but is usually immobile and located in left atrial appendage.
Surender Deora +3 more
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Acute Formation of Thrombus on a Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Device Immediately After Detachment
JACC: Case Reports, 2023 Clots can form on the left atrial surface of left atrial appendage closure devices, with subsequent thromboembolization. However, we are unaware of any reports of clots forming on the devices immediately after deployment.
Ngoda Manongi, MD, MS +2 more
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Left atrial appendage occlusion
International Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2013 Left atrial appendage (LAA) occlusion is a treatment strategy to prevent blood clot formation in atrial appendage. Although, LAA occlusion usually was done by catheter-based techniques, especially percutaneous trans-luminal mitral commissurotomy (PTMC ...
Ahmad Mirdamadi +3 more
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Heart RhythmData regarding left atrial appendage closure (LAAC) in patients with left atrial appendage (LAA) thrombus are limited. Recently published cases have mostly been guided by transesophageal echocardiography. Intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) is now widely used during LAAC procedures.This is the first study to report the feasibility of LAAC in patients ...
Binhao Wang, Yibo Yu, Huimin Chu
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Epicardial fat pad within the transverse sinus mimicking a left atrial appendage thrombus
Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal, 2021 The presence of left atrial thrombus is a contraindication to cardioversion or catheter ablation in patients with atrial fibrillation, due to the increased risk of systemic thromboembolism.
Nicolas Buttinger +3 more
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Thrombus aspiration in the left atrial appendage: an option or a walk on the tightrope?
REC: Interventional Cardiology (English Ed.), 2021 To the Editor, The presence of a thrombus in the left atrial appendage is a formal contraindication for its percutaneous closure and poses a serious dilemma during the therapeutic management of the patient.
Rafael J. Ruiz-Salmerón +5 more
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Thrombus formation in the left atrial appendage in the course of atrial fibrillation.
European review for medical and pharmacological sciences, 2003 Thromboembolism in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation is secondary to emboli arising from atrial cavities, particularly left atrial appendage. Stroke Prevention Atrial Fibrillation (SPAF) III study showed washing flow, left appendage ejection fraction, natural echocontrast, and left appendage volume and morphology, as risk parameters of ...
ALESSANDRI, Nicola +6 more
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1% Aspiration, 99% Perspiration
JACC: Case Reports, 2020 A 71-year-old man with chronic atrial fibrillation underwent insertion of a left atrial appendage occlusion device. Before release, a large thrombus was noted within the left atrium, attached to the left atrial appendage occluder delivery system.
Pankaj Jain, MBBS +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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, 2022 Objective: The thrombus formation in the left atrial appendage (LAA) can be challenging for operators and increases peri-procedural complication risk.
Kaya, Baris +7 more
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