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Advanced age, low left atrial appendage velocity, and factor V promoter sequence variation as predictors of left atrial thrombosis in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation.
Journal of thrombosis and thrombolysis - 1 Aug 2010
Zateyshchikov Dmitry A, Brovkin Alexey N, Chistiakov Dimitry A, Nosikov Valery V
Abstract excerpt
Atrial fibrillation (AF) renders individual patients at risk for development of an atrial thrombus. The aim of this study was to determine clinical and echocardiographic factors influencing the risk of left atrial thrombosis (LAT) in patients with persistent nonvalvular AF. Genetic variants encoding haemostatic factors have been also assessed for putative association with LAT. In the cross-sectional study, a...
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