title: Role of echocardiography in the evaluation and management of atrial fibrillation.
abstract: This article reviews the utility of transthoracic echocardiography and transesophageal echocardiography for patients with atrial fibrillation and focuses on evidence that these diagnostic techniques can aid in the achievement of these goals. Following a brief review of common findings from each of these techniques, the relevance of specific results to the management of atrial fibrillation is assessed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville, USA.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Dent
mesh_terms: D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D003328:Coronary Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D004452:Echocardiography; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004554:Electric Countershock; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013923:Thromboembolism / Q000209:etiology