Volume 11, Issue 1, Pages 2-7 (January 2014) Left atrial appendage morphology and silent cerebral ischemia in patients with atrial fibrillation Matteo Anselmino, MD, PhD, Marco Scaglione, MD, Luigi Di Biase, MD, PhD, FACC, FHRS, Sebastiano Gili, MD, Pasquale Santangeli, MD, Laura Corsinovi, MD, PhD, Martina Pianelli, MD, Federico Cesarani, MD, Riccardo Faletti, MD, Dorico Righi, MD, Andrea Natale, MD, FACC, FESC, FHRS, Fiorenzo Gaita, MD Heart Rhythm Volume 11, Issue 1, Pages 2-7 (January 2014) DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2013.10.020 Copyright © 2014 Heart Rhythm Society Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Examples of the 4 progressively more complex left atrial appendage morphologies: (A) cactus, (B) chicken wing, (C) wind sock, and (D) cauliflower. Heart Rhythm 2014 11, 2-7DOI: (10.1016/j.hrthm.2013.10.020) Copyright © 2014 Heart Rhythm Society Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Axial T2-FLAIR images demonstrating a total of 33 silent ischemic lesions: 25 subcortical (8 in panel A, 7 in panel B, and 10 in panel C), 7 deep white matter (3 in panel A and 4 in panel B), and 1 nucleus caudate (panel A) lesions. Clusters of lesions are indicated by arrows. Heart Rhythm 2014 11, 2-7DOI: (10.1016/j.hrthm.2013.10.020) Copyright © 2014 Heart Rhythm Society Terms and Conditions
Figure 3 Quartile distribution of silent cerebral ischemia (SCI) by left atrium appendage (LAA) morphology (1st quartile, ≤6 SCI: white; 2nd quartile, 7–23 SCI: light gray; 3rd quartile, 24–43 SCI: dark gray; 4th quartile, ≥44 SCI: black; P = .035). Heart Rhythm 2014 11, 2-7DOI: (10.1016/j.hrthm.2013.10.020) Copyright © 2014 Heart Rhythm Society Terms and Conditions