Is CHA2DS2-VASc score a predictor of left atrial thrombus in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation?

Ri-Bo Tang; Jian-Zeng Dong; Xing-Peng Liu; De-Yong Long; Rong-Hui Yu; Xin Du; Xiao-Hui Liu; Chang-Sheng Ma

doi:10.1160/TH10-12-0800

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 2011; 105(06): 1107-1109
DOI: 10.1160/TH10-12-0800

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Is CHA2DS2-VASc score a predictor of left atrial thrombus in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation?

Ri-Bo Tang

¹Department of Cardiology, Beijing An Zhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Institute of Heart Lung and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing, China

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Jian-Zeng Dong

¹Department of Cardiology, Beijing An Zhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Institute of Heart Lung and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing, China

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Xing-Peng Liu

¹Department of Cardiology, Beijing An Zhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Institute of Heart Lung and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing, China

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De-Yong Long

¹Department of Cardiology, Beijing An Zhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Institute of Heart Lung and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing, China

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Rong-Hui Yu

¹Department of Cardiology, Beijing An Zhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Institute of Heart Lung and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing, China

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Xin Du

¹Department of Cardiology, Beijing An Zhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Institute of Heart Lung and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing, China

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Xiao-Hui Liu

¹Department of Cardiology, Beijing An Zhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Institute of Heart Lung and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing, China

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Chang-Sheng Ma

¹Department of Cardiology, Beijing An Zhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Institute of Heart Lung and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing, China

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