Open AccessCombined Pulmonary Vein and LA/LAA Thrombus Assessment
Author(s) -
Warren J. Manning,
Aferdita Spahillari
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
jacc. cardiovascular imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.79
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1936-878X
pISSN - 1876-7591
DOI - 10.1016/j.jcmg.2015.12.017
Subject(s) - atrial fibrillation , medicine , pulmonary vein , cardiology , thrombus , stroke (engine) , isolation (microbiology) , engineering , mechanical engineering , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Atrial fibrillation is the most common sustained arrhythmia worldwide [(1)][1], and catheter-based pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) is becoming a dominant approach to its management. Stroke and transient ischemic attack are known risks of PVI [(2)][2]. To improve PVI safety, atrial thrombus needs to
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