Usefulness of transesophageal echocardiography to screen for left atrial thrombus before elective cardioversion for atrial fibrillation

Am J Cardiol. 1993 Dec 1;72(17):1337-9. doi: 10.1016/0002-9149(93)90315-4.

Authors

D A Orsinelli¹, A C Pearson

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine, Ohio State University Hospitals, Columbus 43210.

PMID: 8256722
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(93)90315-4

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Aged
Atrial Fibrillation / complications*
Atrial Fibrillation / therapy
Echocardiography, Transesophageal*
Electric Countershock*
Female
Heart Atria / diagnostic imaging*
Heart Diseases / complications
Heart Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Thrombosis / complications
Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging*