USEFULNESS OF TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY TO SCREEN FOR LEFT ATRIAL THROMBUS BEFORE ELECTIVE CARDIOVERSION FOR ATRIAL-FIBRILLATION

被引：53

作者：

ORSINELLI, DA

PEARSON, AC

机构：

[1] Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, The Ohio State University Hospitals, Columbus, OH 43210, 6th Fl. Means Hall

来源：

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY | 1993年 / 72卷 / 17期

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D O I：

10.1016/0002-9149(93)90315-4

中图分类号：

R5 [内科学];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100201 ;

摘要：

Elective cardioversion of atrial fibrillation may be complicated by systemic thromboembolic events, presumably caused by embolization of preexisting left atrial (LA) thrombi.1-4 Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) has proven to be a very sensitive means of detecting LA thrombi5 and may therefore provide a means of screening patients before cardioversion. We report our initial experience with TEE as a screening test before elective cardioversion in patients who were referred for the purpose of excluding the presence of LA thrombus before cardioversion. © 1993.

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页码：1337 / 1339

页数：3

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