… , or persistent atrial fibrillation or flutter; and a bioprosthetic mitral valve with planned or …
for the prevention of thromboembolism. The risk of thrombosis is higher in mitral bioprosthesis …

… atrial dilation, absence of severe mitral regurgitation, higher CHA 2 DS 2 -VASC score and
lower … with an increased risk for left atrial appendage sludge or thrombus in AF patients …

… Oral anticoagulation in patients with atrial fibrillation/flutter undergoing transesophageal …
moderate-severe mitral stenosis or mechanical valve prosthesis; Reduced doses for rivaroxaban…

Aims The aim of the study was to evaluate the prevalence of left atrial thrombus (LAT) on
transoesophageal echocardiography (TOE) in patients with atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter (AF/…

… . Mitral regurgitation reduces the risk of stroke in patients with nonrheumatic atrial fibrillation.
… stunning after successful direct-current cardioversion of atrial fibrillation and flutter. J Am …

… mitral regurgitation where the prevalence was slightly lower (14.8% … risk beyond the AF alone
and do not act as additional risk … aortic or mitral regurgitation, we observed a ≤1.8% risk of …

… Atrial fibrillation (AF) carries a thrombotic risk related to blood … regurgitation (MR) has been
shown to reduce the risk of … However, we believe that this does not significantly limit our …

… Our findings concur with previous work showing a reduced risk for atrial thrombosis or
cardioembolic events in nonrheumatic AF patients with severe MR.19, 20, 21, 22, 23 In all these …

… with a 64% reduction in the risk of stroke and 25% reduction in … (all stages of renal insufficiency
and acute kidney impairment), … thrombi, such as cardiac thrombus formation due to heart …

… to left atrium appendage (LAA) thrombus formation [1]. To reduce thromboembolic risk, oral
… moderate-to-severe mitral stenosis or with a mechanical valve implanted, were excluded …