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- Title
Contrast-enhanced tissue Doppler imaging of the left atrial appendage is a new quantitative measure of spontaneous echocardiographic contrast in atrial fibrillation.
- Authors
Donal, Erwan; Sallach, John A.; Murray, R. Daniel; Drinko, Jeanne K.; Jasper, Susan E.; Thomas, James D.; Klein, Allan L.
- Abstract
Aims: Although left atrial appendage spontaneous echo contrast (LAASEC) is a marker of increased thromboembolic risk in atrial fibrillation, it has previously only been evaluated qualitatively. We sought to determine if an intravenous contrast echocardiographic agent combined with tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) of the LAA could accurately quantify LAA-SEC in patients with atrial fibrillation.
- Subjects
DOPPLER echocardiography; CONTRAST echocardiography; ATRIAL fibrillation; DOPPLER effect; THROMBOEMBOLISM
- Publication
European Journal of Echocardiography, 2008, Vol 9, Issue 1, p5
- ISSN
1525-2167
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1016/j.euje.2006.10.001