TY - JOUR
AU - Thomas, Liza
AB - 300 Letters to the Editor 6. Ellis K, Ziada KM, Vivekananthan D, Latif AA, two groups, indicating significant cardiovascu- doi:10.1093/ehjci/jes233 Shaaraoui M, Martin D et al. Transthoracic echocar- lar disease. Online publish-ahead-of-print 6 November 2012 diographic predictors of left atrial appendage LV hypertrophy has been previously demon- thrombus. Am J Cardiol 2006;97:421–5. strated to be a predictor of thrombo- Response to the letter: “Left 7. Providencia R, Botelho A, Trigo J, Quintal N, 1,11,12 13 embolism. A recent review reports Nascimento J, Mota P et al. Possible refinement of ventricular mass as a clinical thromboembolism assessment in patients that untreated or suboptimally treated hyper- discriminator of left atrial with atrial fibrillation using echocardiographic para- tension results in LV hypertrophy, which is an meters. Europace 2012;14:36–45. appendage thrombus in independent risk factor for cardiovascular 8. Providencia R, Faustino A, Paiva L, Trigo J, persistent atrial fibrillation: events. Although the presence of an increased Botelho A, Nascimento J et al. Cardioversion promise or over-enthusiasm?” LV mass was associated with an increased risk safety in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation: which patients can be spared transesophageal of thrombus, we observed that patients with The use of transthoracic echocardiographic echocardiography? Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis 
TI - Response to the letter: “Left ventricular mass as a discriminator of left atrial appendage thrombus in persistent atrial fibrillation: promise or over-enthusiasm?”
JF - European Heart Journal – Cardiovascular Imaging
DO - 10.1093/ehjci/jes233
DA - 2013-03-06
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/response-to-the-letter-left-ventricular-mass-as-a-discriminator-of-7wkaygiRbW
SP - 300
EP - 300
VL - 14
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
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