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Reiffel - Atrial Fibrillation and Stroke: Epidemiology - Figure 13

Stasis in the Left Atrial Appendage

This Figure shows potential prothrombotic mechanisms in AFib and it demonstrates the effect of left atrial stasis.  So you can see as antegrade flow velocity increases, the annualized risk of cardioembolic events decreases just going from left to right, so stasis is clearly a component of the risk profile [21]

 

Reiffel JA. Am J Med 2013; 126: 00-00.

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References

[21] Goldman ME, Pearce LA, Hart RG, et al. Pathophysiologic correlates of thromboembolism in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation: I. Reduced flow velocity in the left atrial appendage (The Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation [SPAF-III] study). J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 1999;12:1080-1087.

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