학술논문
Heart failure and the risk of left atrial thrombus formation in patients with atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter
Document Type
article
Author
Maciej T. Wybraniec; Magdalena Mizia‐Szubryt; Małgorzata Cichoń; Karolina Wrona‐Kolasa; Agnieszka Kapłon‐Cieślicka; Monika Gawałko; Monika Budnik; Beata Uziębło‐Życzkowska; Paweł Krzesiński; Katarzyna Starzyk; Iwona Gorczyca‐Głowacka; Ludmiła Daniłowicz‐Szymanowicz; Damian Kaufmann; Maciej Wójcik; Robert Błaszczyk; Jarosław Hiczkiewicz; Katarzyna Łojewska; Katarzyna Kosmalska; Marcin Fijałkowski; Anna Szymańska; Anna Wiktorska; Maciej Haberka; Michał Kucio; Błażej Michalski; Karolina Kupczyńska; Anna Tomaszuk‐Kazberuk; Katarzyna Wilk‐Śledziewska; Renata Wachnicka‐Truty; Marek Koziński; Paweł Burchardt; Katarzyna Mizia‐Stec
Source
ESC Heart Failure, Vol 9, Iss 6, Pp 4064-4076 (2022)
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
2055-5822
Abstract
Abstract Aims The aim of the study was to evaluate the prevalence of left atrial thrombus (LAT) on transoesophageal echocardiography (TOE) in patients with atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter (AF/AFl) with reference to the presence of heart failure (HF) and its subtypes. Methods and results The research is a sub‐study of the multicentre, prospective, observational Left Atrial Thrombus on Transoesophageal Echocardiography (LATTEE) registry, which comprised 3109 consecutive patients with AF/AFl undergoing TOE prior to direct current cardioversion or catheter ablation. TOE parameters, including presence of LAT, were compared between patients with and without HF and across different subtypes of HF, including HF with preserved (HFpEF), mid‐range (HFmrEF), and reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). HF was diagnosed in 1336 patients (43%). HF patients had higher prevalence of LAT than non‐HF patients (12.8% vs. 4.4%; P