Assessment of left atrial appendage function by transthoracic echocardiography in non-valvular atrial fibrillation

Contemporary echocardiographic assessment of atrial appendages in non-valvular atrial fibrillation

“…The LAA apex velocity parameters are closely related to traditional parameters of LAA function, such as ejection velocity, and can be determined by TTE in most patients, even at suboptimal visualisation [19,53,54]. Besides, significant reduction of the LAA apex movement, the velocity is associated with a higher degree of SEC and more frequent detection of LAA thrombosis by TEE [2,18,19,54].…”