Clinical Study
Novel Models for the Prediction of Left Atrial Appendage Thrombus in Patients with Chronic Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation
Table 1
Demographic, clinical, and echocardiographic characteristics of patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation.
| | Characteristic | With LAAT (n = 35) | Without LAAT (n = 109) | value |
| | Female sex | 6 (11.7%) | 24 (22%) | <0.001 | | Age, years | 72.4 ± 11.5 | 68.4 ± 10.6 | 0.20 | | BMI (kg/m2) | 22.1 ± 2.1 | 22.5 ± 3.1 | 0.01 | | Heart rate (bpm) | 76.3 ± 10.5 | 78.4 ± 11.5 | 0.33 | | Heart failure | 10 (28.6%) | 31 (28.4%) | <0.001 | | Hypertension | 29 (82.9%) | 70 (64.2%) | <0.001 | | Diabetes type 2 | 4 (11.4%) | 17 (15.6%) | <0.001 | | History of ischemic stroke | 16 (45.7%) | 26 (23.9%) | <0.001 | | Vascular disease | 7 (20%) | 20 (18.3%) | <0.001 | | CHA2DS2-VASc score | 3.63 ± 2.0 | 3.0 ± 1.6 | 0.08 | | LV diastolic diameter (mm) | 50.4 ± 7.2 | 49.7 ± 8.5 | 0.31 | | LV systolic diameter (mm) | 36.8 ± 8.2 | 35.3 ± 9.3 | 0.29 | | LV diastolic volume (mL) | 124.7 ± 43 | 121.3 ± 51.6 | 0.47 | | LV systolic volume (mL) | 62 ± 34.8 | 58.2 ± 4.04 | 0.36 | | LV ejection fraction (%) | 47.1 ± 11.6 | 56 ± 13.6 | 0.16 |
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Data represent frequency (percentage) or mean ± standard deviation. BMI: body mass index; LAAT: left atrial appendage thrombus; LV: left ventricle.
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