Microbubbles, currently used as contrast agents have potential therapeutic applications.
Microbubbles, upon insonation of sufficiently intense ultrasound will cavitate. Cavitation with …

前言心房颤动(atrial fibrillation, AF, 房颤) 是临床最常见的心律失常之一. Framingham
的研究报告提示, 人群发病率为0.5% 左右, 且随年龄增长其发病率增高. 60 岁以上的人群中 …

The increasing prevalence of stroke and atrial fibrillation is a stimulus for new therapeutic
strategies and also warrants a review of imaging modalities of the most important source of …

Purpose To assess the diagnostic performance of dual-energy cardiac computed
tomography (CT) in the detection of left atrial appendage (LAA) thrombi and differentiation …

Abstract Schumann PA, Christiansen JP, Quigley R, et al. Targeted-microbubble binding
selectively to GPIIb IIIa receptors of platelet thrombi. Invest Radiol 2002; 37: 587–593 …

Purpose: To assess the diagnostic accuracy of two-phase 64-section cardiac computed
tomographic (CT) angiography for detection of left atrial appendage (LAA) thrombi and …

Background and Purpose—A noninvasive method with high reliability and accuracy
comparable to transesophageal echocardiography for identification of left atrial appendage …

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most-common arrhythmia in the elderly population (age> 65
years). The left atrial appendage (LAA) is the main location of thrombus formation …

Background When stratifying thromboembolic risk to patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), left
atrial appendage (LAA) thrombus is currently the only echocardiographic index that …

Background The aim of this meta-analysis was to evaluate the accuracy of cardiac magnetic
resonance (CMR) in detecting left atrial/left atrial appendage (LA/LAA) thrombus and to …