Safety of catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation without pre‐ or peri‐procedural imaging for the detection of left atrial thrombus in the era of uninterrupted anticoagulation

Abstract Background The need for pre‐ or peri‐procedural imaging to rule out the presence of left atrial thrombus in patients undergoing catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF) is unclear in the era of uninterrupted direct oral anticoagulant (DOAC) regimen. We sought to examine the safety of c...

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Published in:	Journal of Arrhythmia
Main Authors:	Michael Efremidis, George Bazoukis, Konstantinos Vlachos, Efstathia Prappa, Athanasia Megarisiotou, Stylianos Dragasis, F. Daniel Ramirez, Felix Bourier, Panagiotis Mililis, Athanasios Saplaouras, Gary Tse, Tong Liu, Theodore Efremidis, Panagiotis Kitsoulis, Costas Thomopoulos, Antonios Sideris, Konstantinos P. Letsas
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wiley 2021-02-01
Subjects:	atrial fibrillation catheter ablation left atrial thrombus stroke transesophageal echocardiography
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1002/joa3.12466