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What are the determinants of increased regional left atrial coagulation activity in patients with mitral stenosis?
What are the determinants of increased regional left atrial coagulation activity in patients with mitral stenosis?
Increased regional left atrial coagulation activity in mitral stenosis is driven by the presence of left atrial spontaneous echo contrast (LASEC) regardless of heart rhythm, while systemic coagulation activity remains normal.
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LASEC may signal elevated regional left atrial coagulation in mitral stenosis across rhythms; leaves open causal role in thrombosis and need for prospective study.
Peverill et al. (1996) studied this question.
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