Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction Is Associated with the Risk of Thrombus in the Left Atrial Appendage in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

Table 3

Comparison of baseline characteristics between patients with (LAAT (+)) and without (LAAT (−)) left atrial thrombus.

	LAAT (−)	LAAT (+)
Age (years, mean (SD))	63.1 (8.1)	67.2 (8.1)	0.01
Laboratory data (mean (SD))
Hemoglobin (mg/dl)	14.11 (1.56)	13.86 (1.31)	0.23
Creatinine (mg/dl)	1.04 (0.32)	1.07 (0.24)	0.41
eGFR (ml/min/1.73 m^2)	76.7 (18.2)	71.4 (19.5)	0.054
AST (U/l)	27.81 (19.20)	28.76 (13.80)	0.78
ALT (U/l)	32.16 (19.42)	29.65 (16.85)	0.49
INR	1.68 (0.87)	1.84 (0.73)	0.04
APTT (s)	38.01 (15.53)	41.29 (14.79)	0.16
Echocardiographic parameter (mean (SD))
LVEF (%)	54.8 (9.9)	49.5 (12.1)	<0.0001
LAAV (cm/s)	42 (21)	35 (28)	0.004
LAD (cm)	4.47 (0.55)	4.77 (0.59)	0.009
LVDd (cm)	5.15 (0.62)	5.18 (0.89)	0.83
Scales of risk
CHA2DS2-VAScscore (points)	2.44 (1.53)	3.08 (1.33)	0.002
HASBLED score (points)	1.57 (0.99)	1.83 (1.03)	0.10

Abbreviations: ALT: alanine aminotransferase; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; INR: international normalized ratio; APTT: activated partial thromboplastin time. Other abbreviations are defined the same as in Tables 1 and 2.