Comparison of groups with and without LAA thrombus
dyspnea, tachyarrhythmia, edema, LAA thrombi, stroke, LAA thrombus, thrombus, pleural effusions, thrombi, heart failure
DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION, EDEMA, STROKE, THROMBUS, PLEURAL EFFUSIONS, THROMBI, BLOOD, HEART FAILURE
Table Baseline characteristics of patients without and with LAA thrombi. Data are displayed as n (%) or mean ± SD. Actual numbers of patients differing from total number of study group are indicated separately for each parameter.Significant values are in bold.Echocardiographic parameters revealed a significantly lower left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), higher septal diameters, larger left and right atrial sizes and more prominent diastolic dysfunction (all Blood work showed that patients with thrombi had significantly higher levels of troponin T, fibrinogen, C-reactive protein (CRP) and D-Dimers (all In the group with LAA thrombus 26.7% had no oral anticoagulants at first contact, whereas in the group without thrombus 15% had none. In the group with LAA thrombus, there were more patients who presented at first contact with signs of heart failure like dyspnea, pleural effusions and edema, unaware of tachyarrhythmia as underlying cause and therefore without oral anticoagulation. More patients in the group without thrombus were treated with NOACs (22. 9% vs. 10.6%). INR values of patients treated with vitamin K antagonists were within therapeutic range in both groups.Since LAA morphology was shown to be a risk factor for stroke and formation of LAA thrombus