The role of transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) in thromboembolic risk stratification in
atrial fibrillation (AF) has not been established. Left atrial appendage contractile dysfunction …

Objective: To correlate clinical risk factors for thromboembolism with transoesophageal
echocardiography (TOE) markers of a thrombogenic milieu. Design: Clinical risk factors for …

Objectives. This study explored the mechanisms linking clinical and precordial
echocardiographic predictors to thromboembolism in atrial fibrillation (AF) by assessing …

The ACUTE trial randomly assigned patients who had atrial fibrillation (AF) of> 2 days'
duration to a transesophageal echocardiographically guided or a conventional strategy …

Atrial fibrillation (AF) carries a high risk of systemic embolism, in particular stroke. This is true
not only when AF is associated with rheumatic valvular heart disease, but also in the so …

Objectives. This study was conducted to identify a subgroup of patients with nonrheumatic
atrial fibrillation with an increased risk for cardiogenic embolism by assessing left atrial …

Background: Transesophageal echocardiography visualizes the left atrium and its
appendage, thrombi, and spontaneous echocardiographic contrast. Objective: To assess the …

Atrial fibrillation is the most common arrhythmia and its prevalence is expected to further
increase. Patients with atrial fibrillation have an increased risk of stroke (fivefold increased …

Aim The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of transoesophageal
echocardiography in predicting subsequent thromboembolic events in patients with atrial …

The purpose of the study was to determine the relation of transesophageal
echocardiographic findings to symptoms of systemic embolism in patients with nonrheumatic …