Imaging of thrombi and assessment of left atrial appendage function: a prospective study comparing transthoracic and transoesophageal echocardiography

H Omran, W Jung, R Rabahieh, P Wirtz, H Becher… - Heart, 1999 - heart.bmj.com
Objective To compare the value of current transthoracic echocardiographic systems and
transoesophageal echocardiography for assessing left atrial appendage function and …

Efficacy of anticoagulation in resolving left atrial and left atrial appendage thrombi: a transesophageal echocardiographic study

WA Jaber, DL Prior, M Thamilarasan, RA Grimm… - American heart …, 2000 - Elsevier
Background Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is the gold standard for evaluation
of the left atrium and the left atrial appendage (LAA) for the presence of thrombi …

Dual-enhanced cardiac CT for detection of left atrial appendage thrombus in patients with stroke: a prospective comparison study with transesophageal …

J Hur, YJ Kim, HJ Lee, JE Nam, JW Ha, JH Heo… - Stroke, 2011 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose—A noninvasive method with high reliability and accuracy
comparable to transesophageal echocardiography for identification of left atrial appendage …

Multidetector computed tomography for the detection of left atrial appendage thrombus: a comparative study with transesophageal echocardiography

MD Shapiro, TG Neilan, DS Jassal… - Journal of computer …, 2007 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To determine the diagnostic performance of multidetector computed tomography
(MDCT) for the detection of left atrial appendage (LAA) thrombus as compared with …

Comparison of intracardiac echocardiography and transesophageal echocardiography for imaging of the right and left atrial appendages

E Anter, J Silverstein, CM Tschabrunn, A Shvilkin… - Heart Rhythm, 2014 - Elsevier
Background Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is the standard for diagnosis of atrial
thrombi and is performed before ablation of atrial arrhythmias. Intracardiac …

Comparison of ability to identify left atrial thrombus by three-dimensional tomography versus transesophageal echocardiography in patients with atrial fibrillation

WA Jaber, RD White, SA Kuzmiak, JM Boyle… - The American journal of …, 2004 - Elsevier
We sought to determine the potential use of recently introduced cardiac 3-dimensional
computed tomography as an alternative to transesophageal echocardiography for …

Relation of thrombus in the left atrial appendage by transesophageal echocardiography to clinical risk factors for thrombus formation

ME Brickner, DB Friedman, CG Cigarroa… - The American journal of …, 1994 - Elsevier
Transesophageal echocardiography provides excellent visualization of the left atrial
appendage (LAA). This study was conducted to determine whether specific clinical risk …

Diagnosis of Left Atrial Appendage Thrombi by Multiplane Transesophageal Echocardiography Interlaboratory Comparative Study

B Schneider, C Stöllberger, B Schneider - Circulation Journal, 2007 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Background Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is regarded as the method of choice
for imaging left atrial appendage thrombi (LAAT). However, the interobserver variability …

Visualization of left atrial appendage and assessment of its function by transthoracic second harmonic imaging and contrast-enhanced pulsed Doppler

M Pozzoli, A Selva, D Skouse, E Traversi… - European Journal of …, 2002 - academic.oup.com
Background: Low flow velocity within the left atrial appendage, as assessed by
transoesophageal echocardiography, is a predictor of thromboembolism and of a low …

Intracardiac echocardiographic diagnosis of thrombus formation in the left atrial appendage: a complementary role to transesophageal echocardiography

JF Ren, FE Marchlinski, GE Supple… - …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Background We sought to develop and validate an intracardiac echocardiography (ICE)
imaging strategy for evaluation of left atrial (LA) appendage (LAA) anatomy and function to …