Transoesophageal echocardiography prior to catheter ablation could be avoided in atrial fibrillation patients with a low risk of stroke and without filling defects in the late-phase MDCT scan: A retrospective analysis of 783 patients

Zhengqin Zhai,Min Tang,Shu Zhang,Pihua Fang,Yuhe Jia,Tianjie Feng,Jiande Wang

Transoesophageal echocardiography prior to catheter ablation could be avoided in atrial fibrillation patients with a low risk of stroke and without filling defects in the late-phase MDCT scan: A retrospective analysis of 783 patients

2018

Zhengqin Zhai
Min Tang
Shu Zhang
Pihua Fang
Yuhe Jia
Tianjie Feng
Jiande Wang

Objectives To test whether multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) could completely replace transoesophageal echocardiography (TEE) to detect left atrial appendage (LAA) thrombi in atrial fibrillation (AF) patients using a large sample size.

Keywords:

Atrial Appendage
Transoesophageal echocardiography
Radiology
Computed tomography
Atrial fibrillation
Thrombus
Catheter ablation
Medicine
Stroke
Interventional radiology
Neuroradiology
Ultrasound

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