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Electrical cardioversion of atrial arrhythmias with cardiac amyloidosis in the era of direct oral anticogulants.
ESC Heart Fail
October 2022
Department of Cardiology, AP-HP, University Hospital Henri Mondor, 51, Avenue du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny, 94000, Creteil, France.
Aims: Atrial fibrillation (AF)/atrial flutter is common during cardiac amyloidosis (CA). Electrical cardioversion (EC) is a strategy to restore sinus rhythm (SR). However, left atrial thrombus (LAT) represents a contraindication for EC.
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November 2013
Dipartimento Biomedico di Medicina Interna e Specialistica, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
Among the different subtypes of ischaemic strokes, almost 20 % are of cardiac origin. Different are the causes of cardioembolic stroke, but the most common is the atrial fibrillation, a supraventricular arrhythmia. Appropriate use of antiplatelet drugs and anticoagulants after transient ischaemic attack (TIA) or ischaemic stroke depends on whether the underlying cause is cardioembolic or of presumed arterial origin.
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