Case report. Thrombus formation on left atrial appendage clip: surgical exclusion and anticoagulation do not obviate transesophageal echocardiography prior to cardioversion.

Saberio Lo Presti, Reza Reyaldeen, Oussama Wazni, Wael Jaber

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Article in European heart journal. Case reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

Unexpectedly large thrombi in the left atrium detected with intracardiac echocardiography in a case after left atrial appendage ligation.HeartRhythm case reports · 2025
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Saberio Lo PrestiSection of Cardiovascular Imaging, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Heart, Vascular, and Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Desk J1 44195 OH, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2915-2510

Reza ReyaldeenSection of Cardiovascular Imaging, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Heart, Vascular, and Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Desk J1 44195 OH, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7501-2354

Oussama WazniSection of Electrophysiology, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Heart, Vascular, and Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, 44195 Cleveland, OH, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7115-7716

Wael JaberSection of Cardiovascular Imaging, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Heart, Vascular, and Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Desk J1 44195 OH, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5642-2112

Cleveland Clinic · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: The cornerstone treatment for atrial fibrillation (Afib) is based on the prevention of cardioembolism with the use oral anticoagulants, which inherently increase the risk of bleeding. An alternative for these patients corresponds to left atrial appendage (LAA) exclusion/closure techniques such as Cases summary: Discussion:

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AnticoagulationAppendage pouch thrombusAtriclipCase reportPrecardiovesion transesophageal echocardiogram

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PMID35734632

DOI10.1093/ehjcr/ytac160

PMCPMC9206415

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