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Prevalence of auricular thrombosis before atrial flutter cardioversion: a 17-year transoesophageal echocardiographic study

2015; Oxford University Press; Volume: 18; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1093/europace/euv128

1532-2092

Alberto Cresti, Miguel Ángel García Fernández, Francesco De Sensi, Gennaro Miracapillo, Andrea Picchi, Marco Scalese, Silva Severi,

Cardiac tumors and thrombi

AimsPrevalence of left appendage thrombosis ranges from 6 to 18% in persistent atrial fibrillation (AF). Few and low sample size studies have assessed left and right atrial thrombosis in persistent atrial flutter (AFL) and a wide variety of frequencies, from 1 to 21%, has been reported. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of atrial appendage thrombosis in a large population of patients undergoing transoesophageal echocardiography (TEE)-guided cardioversion (CV) for recent AFL onset and compare it with AF.