Early heparinization decreases the incidence of left atrial thrombi detected by intracardiac echocardiography during radiofrequency ablation for atrial fibrillation
- 21 June 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology
- Vol. 22 (3), 211-219
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10840-008-9270-x
Abstract
We reviewed our experience in managing intracardiac ultrasound-detected left atrial thrombus and analyzed the impact of the timing of heparin therapy on thrombus incidence.Keywords
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