Abstract
The present study was conducted to investigate whether an accumulation of clinical risk factors for thromboembolism would correlate with severity of blood stasis in the left atrium (LA) and aortic atherosclerosis in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF). Risk levels of thromboembolism were assessed in 515 (mean age 67.5 years) NVAF patients using CHADS(2) score (an acronym for Congestive heart failure, Hypertension, Age >or=75, Diabetes mellitus, and prior Stroke or transient ischemic attack) to estimate the thromboembolic risk. Spontaneous echocardiographic contrast in the LA (LASEC), left atrial appendage (LAA) peak flow velocity, and severity of atherosclerosis in the descending aorta were determined with transesophageal echocardiography. LASEC was significantly increased, and LAA flow velocity significantly decreased in correlation with an increase in the risk levels, as evaluated by CHADS(2) score (p<0.001). Severity of aortic atherosclerosis also increased in correlation with an increase in the risk levels (p<0.001). Even at the comparable risk level, patients with chronic atrial fibrillation (AF) (n=268) had higher LASEC (p<0.001) and lower LAA flow velocity (p<0.001) than those with paroxysmal AF (n= 52) ...Continue Reading
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