The left atrial appendage is the most common site for cardiac thrombus. It is anatomically attached to the left inferior portion of the left atrium and consists of muscular trabeculae. The left atrial ...

A 76-year-old man on dabigatran for rate-controlled atrial fibrillation had follow-up transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) after bioprosthetic valve replacements. An echogenic, nonmobile mass (3.8 × 1 ...

The TAVR team at James Cook University Hospital, in Middlesbrough, England, was starting a procedure when the echocardiographer reported a finding that made them stop. Transesophageal echo (TEE) ...

THE preoperative clinical diagnosis of left atrial thrombi is difficult. A history of systemic embolization does not necessarily indicate the presence of an atrial thrombus. A reliable method of ...

There's no need to double up on echo modalities before and during ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF) as long as the patient has been on uninterrupted therapy with a direct oral anticoagulant (DOAC) ...