Editorial to “A novel scoring system for stroke risk stratification in Japanese patients with low CHADS2 scores: Study using a transesophageal‐echocardiogram endpoint.”

Significant univariate risk factors for LAA thrombus were persistent AF, CHADS2 score (≥2 points), low‐dose treatment and inappropriate dose reduction of DOAC, serum NT‐Pro BNP level, left atrial diameter, spontaneous echo contrast by TEE and LAA flow velocity by TEE. In the article published in Jou...

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Published inJournal of arrhythmia Vol. 36; no. 4; pp. 632 - 633
Main Authors Kawamura, Mitsuharu, Munetsugu, Yumi
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Japan John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.08.2020
John Wiley and Sons Inc
Wiley
Subjects
Ablation
Blood clots
Cardiac arrhythmia
Conflicts of interest
Echocardiography
Flow velocity
Medical research
Medicine, Experimental
Stroke
Ultrasonic imaging
Japan
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Summary:Significant univariate risk factors for LAA thrombus were persistent AF, CHADS2 score (≥2 points), low‐dose treatment and inappropriate dose reduction of DOAC, serum NT‐Pro BNP level, left atrial diameter, spontaneous echo contrast by TEE and LAA flow velocity by TEE. In the article published in Journal of Arrhythmia, Nagahara et al 4 investigated reported a novel scoring system for stroke risk stratification in Japanese patients with low CHADS2 scores: study using a transesophageal‐echocardiogram endpoint. [...]there was no case with cardiac thrombus or sludge in the present study. [...]I feel that this study needs a long‐term follow‐up to detect future cardiac thrombus or sludge.
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ISSN:1880-4276
1883-2148
DOI:10.1002/joa3.12348