Abstract:Objective: To investigate the incidence of left atrial appendage (LAA) thrombosis and to assess the oral anticoagulation (OAC) in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (AF) before catheter ablation.Material and Methods. We studied 638 patients with AF who underwent transesophageal echocardiography before AF ablation from 2014 to 2017. The analysis included the baseline characteristics of patients.Results. There was no statistical difference in the risk of thromboembolic complications (TEC) in patients… Show more
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