This editorial discusses the anatomical location of thrombi in atrial fibrillation and questions historical assumptions regarding clot formation.
Where are clots in atrial fibrillation? Did we have the wrong assumptions over the last decades? Alberto Cresti, Alberto Cresti Cardiological Department, Misericordia Hospital, via Senese, 58100 Grosseto, Italy Corresponding author. Tel: +39 347 3387807; fax: +39 0564 485830. E-mail address: alcresti@gmail.com Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Horst Sievert, Horst Sievert CardioVascular Center, Frankfurt CVC, Germany Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Ugo Limbruno, Ugo Limbruno Cardiological Department, Misericordia Hospital, via Senese, 58100 Grosseto, Italy Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Pasquale Baratta, Pasquale Baratta Cardiological Department, Misericordia Hospital, via Senese, 58100 Grosseto, Italy Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Marco Solari, Marco Solari Cardiological Department, Misericordia Hospital, via Senese, 58100 Grosseto, Italy Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Francesco De Sensi, Francesco De Sensi Cardiological Department, Misericordia Hospital, via Senese, 58100 Grosseto, Italy https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9742-7101 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Raffaele De Caterina Raffaele De Caterina Institute of Cardiology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar EP Europace, Volume 22, Issue 6, June 2020, Pages 845–846, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euaa068 Published: 09 May 2020
Cresti et al. (Wed,) conducted a editorial in Atrial fibrillation. This editorial discusses the anatomical location of thrombi in atrial fibrillation and questions historical assumptions regarding clot formation.