Assessment and Management of the Left Atrial Appendage Thrombus in Patients With Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation.

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Intracardiac thrombi arising in the left atrial appendage (LAA) are the principal cause of stroke in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AF). Predicting the presence of LAA thrombi is of vital importance in stratifying patients that would need further LAA imaging prior to cardioversion or AF ablation.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Can J Cardiol

Title: The Canadian journal of cardiology

Publisher: Elsevier BV

ISSN (Electronic): 1916-7075

ISSN (Print): 0828-282X

Publication date (Electronic): March 2018

Volume: 34

Issue: 3

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[1 ] McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

[2 ] McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Research Institute of McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

[3 ] McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

[4 ] McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Hospital Albert Sabin, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

[5 ] Research Institute of McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

[6 ] McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Research Institute of McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Hôpital Sacré-Coeur de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Electronic address: vidal.essebag@mcgill.ca.

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Publisher Item ID: S0828-282X(17)31217-5

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2017.12.008

PubMed ID: 29395705

SO-VID: 7f348e67-81f5-4748-a9d3-d3def131cec3

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