Predictors of left atrial appendage thrombogenic milieu in patients subjected to transesophageal echocardiography prior to cardioversion of persistent atrial fibrillation.

CONCLUSIONS    CHA2DS2 -VASc scores did not discriminate between the presence/absence of TEE surrogate risk factors for thromboembolism in patients scheduled for CV due to persistent AF. Only one component of CHA2DS2 -VASc scale, radiographic evidence of aortic plaques, as well as TTE parameters, augmentation of the left atrium and left ventricular end-diastolic dimension, were independent predictors of TEE markers for LAA thrombogenic milieu. Complex clinical and echocardiographic assessment of individual risk seems to be a valuable approach in subjects scheduled for CV of persistent AF. PMID: 26811148 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Polskie Archiwum Medycyny Wewnetrznej - Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Pol Arch Med Wewn Source Type: research