ArticleFrontiers in cardiovascular medicine2022
Left Atrial Appendage Mechanical Dispersion Assessed by Speckle-Tracking Echocardiography as a Determinant of Left Atrial Appendage Blood Stasis in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation.
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- Additive Manufacturing to Mimic the Nonlinear Mechanical Behavior of Cardiac Soft Tissue.Polymers · 2025Article
- The correlation between left atrial appendage morphology and thromboembolic risk in atrial fibrillation.Frontiers in stroke · 2025Review
- Morphological and functional assessment of the left atrial appendage in daily practice: a comprehensive approach using basic and advanced echocardiography with practical tips.Journal of cardiovascular imaging · 2024Review
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Abstract
Aims: We sought to investigate the relationship of left atrial appendage (LAA) mechanical dispersion (MD) with LAA dense spontaneous echo contrast (SEC) or thrombus, and to compare its usefulness in the identification of thrombogenesis with left atrial (LA) MD or LA/LAA strain parameters in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study of 493 consecutive patients with AF [65(58.5-71.0) years, male 66.9%] who underwent echocardiography prior to catheter ablation. We measured the LAA and LA global longitudinal strain (GLS) using speckle-tracking echocardiography (STE). LAA MD and LA MD was defined as the standard deviation (SD) of time to peak positive strain corrected by the R-R interval. Results: Patients with LAA dense SEC/thrombus ( Conclusion: LAA mechanical dispersion was an independent determinant of LAA dense SEC/thrombus in AF patients, incremental to conventional risk factors and superior to LA mechanical dispersion.
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