Background: Secondary prevention studies for cardioembolic strokes show a remarkable
variability in stroke recurrence rates. Various reports have raised questions regarding …

Background: Patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and atrial thrombi have an increased risk for
cerebral embolism. However, there is little knowledge about the long‐term fate of atrial …

more strokes than elderly men, when matched for other risk factors, and this is not accounted
for by transesophageal echocardiographic markers of stasis. It is unclear whether sustained …

Objectives. The objective of this study was to determine the frequency of left atrial thrombus
in patients with acute atrial fibrillation. Background. It is commonly assumed but unproved …

Recently, attention has been focused on transesophageal echocardiographic detection of
left atrial appendage function to assess of risk of thrombus formation because of potential …

Patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and atrial thrombi have an increased risk for cerebral
embolism. However, there is little knowledge about the long-term fate of atrial thrombi and …

Objective Patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) have a risk of cerebral embolism.
Echocardiographic parameters elevate this risk significantly. However, there is little …

By transesophageal echocardiography, the prevalence of left atrial/appendage thrombi and
spontaneous echo contrast and the size of the left atrial appendage and their association …

OBJECTIVE: Patients with atrial fibrillation and echocardiographic risk factors have a
relevant risk of cerebral embolism. However, there is little knowledge about the long-term …

Stroke remains the most dangerous and frightening complication of atrial fibrillation (AF). A
causal relationship between ischaemic stroke and atrial arrhythmias such as AF or atrial …