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Can integrated backscatter (IBS) during transesophageal echocardiography quantify blood stagnation and stratify the risk of spontaneous echo contrast and thrombus formation in the left atrial appendage of patients with rheumatic mitral stenosis?
Can integrated backscatter (IBS) during transesophageal echocardiography quantify blood stagnation and stratify the risk of spontaneous echo contrast and thrombus formation in the left atrial appendage of patients with rheumatic mitral stenosis?
Integrated backscatter during transesophageal echocardiography can objectively quantify blood stasis in the left atrial appendage and identify patients at risk for spontaneous echo contrast and thrombus formation.
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May support IBS for LAA thrombus risk stratification in rheumatic MS; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation.
Ho et al. (2000) studied this question.
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