Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 23, Issue 5 , Pages 545-552.e1 , May 2010

Low Wall Velocity of Left Atrial Appendage Measured by Trans-Thoracic Echocardiography Predicts Thrombus Formation Caused by Atrial Appendage Dysfunction

  • Harutoshi Tamura, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Nephrology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan
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  • Tetsu Watanabe, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Nephrology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Tetsu Watanabe, MD, PhD, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Nephrology, 2-2-2 Iida-Nishi, Yamagata 990-9585, Japan.
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  • Osamu Hirono, MD

      Affiliations

    • Yamagata Prefectural Shinjo Hospital, Yamagata, Japan
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  • Satoshi Nishiyama, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Nephrology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan
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  • Shintaro Sasaki, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Nephrology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan
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  • Tetsuro Shishido, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Nephrology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan
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  • Takehiko Miyashita, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Nephrology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan
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  • Takuya Miyamoto, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Nephrology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan
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  • Joji Nitobe, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Nephrology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan
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  • Takamasa Kayama, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan
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  • Isao Kubota, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Nephrology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan

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 This work was supported by a grant-in-aid from the Global COE program of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science and by a grant from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan (grants 19790513, 19790515, and 20590813).

PII: S0894-7317(10)00139-2

doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2010.02.006

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 23, Issue 5 , Pages 545-552.e1 , May 2010

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