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Does transthoracic echocardiography accurately measure left atrial appendage blood flow velocity compared to transoesophageal echocardiography in patients with cardiac diseases?
Does transthoracic echocardiography accurately measure left atrial appendage blood flow velocity compared to transoesophageal echocardiography in patients with cardiac diseases?
Transthoracic echocardiography can reliably assess left atrial appendage flow velocities, demonstrating excellent correlation with transoesophageal echocardiography in patients with sinus rhythm or atrial fibrillation.
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TTE may enable noninvasive LAA velocity assessment; leaves open prospective outcome validation before clinical adoption.
Nobuo Fukuda (2003) studied this question.
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