Why the study?
Are high plasma HANP and reduced LAAWV associated with spontaneous echocontrast in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation during sinus rhythm?
Population
38 patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation who underwent transesophageal and transthoracic…
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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May support noninvasive SEC risk assessment in paroxysmal AF; leaves open predictive value and clinical utility pending prospective studies.
Are high plasma HANP and reduced LAAWV associated with spontaneous echocontrast in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation during sinus rhythm?
Higher plasma HANP and lower LAA wall-motion velocity may serve as noninvasive surrogate markers for left atrial thrombogenesis in patients with paroxysmal AF during sinus rhythm.
Yoshida et al. (2013) studied this question.
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