TY - JOUR AU - Doukky, Rami AU - Garcia-Sayan, Enrique AU - Gage, Heather AU - Nagarajan, Vijaiganesh AU - Demopoulos, Anna AU - Cena, Marek AU - Nazir, Noreen T. AU - Karam, George J. AU - Trohman, Richard G. AU - Kazlauskaite, Rasa PY - 2014 DA - 2014/02/25 TI - The value of diastolic function parameters in the prediction of left atrial appendage thrombus in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation JO - Cardiovascular Ultrasound SP - 10 VL - 12 IS - 1 AB - Left ventricular diastolic impairment and consequently elevated filling pressure may contribute to stasis leading to left atrial appendage thrombus (LAAT) in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AF). We investigated whether transthoracic echocardiographic parameters can predict LAAT independent of traditional clinical predictors. SN - 1476-7120 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1476-7120-12-10 DO - 10.1186/1476-7120-12-10 ID - Doukky2014 ER -