Backgrounds Predicting left atrial appendage thrombus (LAAT) in non-valvular atrial
fibrillation (NVAF) patients need more precisely quantified risk models. In this study, we …

Background A recent study demonstrated that in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation
(AF), a ratio of left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) to the left atrial volume index (LAVI) of< …

Predicting left atrial appendage thrombus (LAAT) in chronic nonvalvular atrial fibrillation
remains challenging despite the fact that several predictive models have been proposed to …

Left atrial appendage thrombus (LAAT) is a surrogate of thromboembolic events in patients
with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF). We aimed to investigate the risk factors for LAAT …

Background Left ventricular diastolic impairment and consequently elevated filling pressure
may contribute to stasis leading to left atrial appendage thrombus (LAAT) in nonvalvular …

We sought to determine and prospectively validate, with concomitantly performed
transthoracic (TTE) and transesophageal echocardiograms (TEE), a TTE-assessed E/e …

Background. The purpose of this study was to investigate the risk factors of left atrial (LA) or
left atrial appendage (LAA) thrombi in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) and …

Purpose. Although atrial fibrillation (AF) is often associated with thromboembolic
complications, there is no definite biomarker for detecting the presence of thrombi in the left …

Background In patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF), the impact of left ventricular
diastolic function on the risk for left atrial appendage (LAA) thrombus has not been …

Purpose: This study investigated possible mechanism of left atrial appendage (LAA)
thrombosis and constructed a model to evaluate the future risk of LAA thrombosis and …