Increased Intensity of Anticoagulation May Reduce Risk of Thrombus During Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Procedures in Patients with Spontaneous Echo Contrast
- 12 April 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology
- Vol. 16 (5), 474-477
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1540-8167.2005.40465.x
Abstract
Introducton:A 10% incidence of left atrial (LA) thrombus formation has been detected using intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) imaging monitoring during LA ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF). The...This publication has 13 references indexed in Scilit:
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