CVIA Journal

Announcing a new article publication for Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications journal. Current AF management guidelines have introduced the CARE treatment model to strengthen management strategies; in this acronym, the “A” indicates anticoagulation therapy. However, despite anticoagulation, approximately one-third of patients with AF experience ischemic stroke, which is closely associated with factors such as poor adherence to anticoagulation, inappropriate anticoagulant dosing, and reduced LAAev.

Therefore, patients with reduced LAAev should be closely monitored and, when necessary, LAA excision or closure should be considered to decrease residual thrombotic risk. Although TEE can accurately measure LAAev, its high technical requirements and potential esophageal injury limit its widespread use in routine examinations of patients with AF.

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