1. Left Atrial Appendage Patency at Cardioversion After Surgical Left Atrial Appendage Intervention 
Michael W. Cullen, MD, John M. Stulak, MD, Zhuo Li, Brian D. Powell, MD, Roger D. White, MD, Naser M. Ammash, MD, Vuyisile T. Nkomo, MD, MPH 
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 
Volume 101, Issue 2, Pages (February 2016)
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2. Fig 1
Example of systemically accessible thrombus after surgical left atrial appendage suture exclusion. (A) Round echo-dense thrombus in the left atrial appendage (circled). (B) Color Doppler flow is present between left atrial appendage and left atrium (arrow).
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3. Fig 2
Left atrial appendage (LAA) patency rates (black bars), overall thrombus rates (white bars), systemically accessible thrombus rates (light gray bars), and cardioversion cancellation rates due to thrombus (dark gray bars) by type of LAA intervention technique in 93 patients undergoing transesophageal echocardiography (TEE)-guided cardioversion after surgical LAA intervention. Overall, LAA patency rates were 37%, with patency rates highest among patients undergoing suture exclusion. The TEE detected thrombus in 28% of all patients and in 33% of patients after suture exclusion. Cardioversion was cancelled owing to thrombus in 16% of patients, suggesting that TEE before cardioversion frequently alters management in patients after recent surgical LAA intervention.
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