Usefulness of brain natriuretic peptide for predicting left atrial appendage thrombus in patients with unanticoagulated nonvalvular persistent atrial fibrillation

Usefulness of brain natriuretic peptide for predicting left atrial appendage thrombus in patients with unanticoagulated nonvalvular persistent atrial fibrillation

Background: The CHADS2 scoring system is simple and widely accepted for predicting thromboembolism in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF). Although congestive heart failure (CHF) is a component of the CHADS2 score, the definition of CHF remains unclear. We previously reported that t...

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Main Authors: Yusuke Ochiumi, MD, Eisuke Kagawa, MD, Masaya Kato, MD, PhD, Shota Sasaki, MD, PhD, Yoshinori Nakano, MD, Kiho Itakura, MD, Yu Takiguchi, MD, Shuntaro Ikeda, PhD, MD, Keigo Dote, MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2015-10-01
Series:Journal of Arrhythmia
Subjects:
Atrial fibrillation
Left atrial appendage thrombus
Heart failure
Brain natriuretic peptide
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