CHA2DS2-VASc Score as a Predictor for Left Atrial Thrombus or Spontaneous Echo Contrast in Patients with Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation: A Meta-Analysis
Table 1
Study characteristics.
First author (year)
Design
Region
Paroxysmal AF (%)
Age
Male (%)
Warfarin (%)
LAT, (%)
LAT
LAT/LASEC, (%)
LAT/LASEC
Present
Absent
Present
Absent
Chen 2017
P
China
59.3%
61.9%
42.9%
189
13 (6.87)
NA
NA
NA
Deftereos 2011
R
Greece
NA
65.1%
NA
86
15 (17.44)
NA
NA
NA
Jia 2019
P
China
82%
66.2%
NA
397
38 (9.57)
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
Kapłon-Cieślicka 2019
R
Poland
61%
60 (53-66)
66%
NA
1033
59 (5.71)
3 (2-4)
2 (1-3)
NA
NA
NA
Kizawa 2018
R
Japan
62%
69%
22%
581
NA
NA
NA
147 (25.30)
Kowalczyk 2015
R
Poland
NA
64%
NA
64
30 (46.85)
NA
NA
NA
Liu 2014
R
China
83%
64.2%
NA
525
NA
NA
NA
57
Ma 2015
R
China
88.0%
61.12
57.3%
NA
164
32 (19.51)
NA
NA
NA
Pant 2016
P
USA
26%
70%
48%
261
17 (6.51)
85 (31.42)
NA
NA
Sugiura 2012
P
Japan
66.2%
77%
100%
225
23 (10.22)
NA
NA
NA
Tang 2014
R
China
66.6%
71.0%
12.7%
1359
61 (4.49)
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
Uz 2014
R
Turkey
NA
49%
32%
309
32 (10.36)
NA
NA
70 (22.65)
NA
NA
Wang 2018
R
China
28.6%
57.4%
39.6%
472
NA
NA
NA
80 (16.95)
Whiteside 2019
R
USA
24.1%
61.5%
0%
226
7 (3.10)
NA
NA
NA
Zhang 2017
R
China
12.9%
57.3%
NA
332
116 (50)
NA
NA
NA
Continuous variables are presented as mean, , or median (interquartile range), and categorical variable is presented as no. (%).
