title: Incidence of left atrial thrombus prior to atrial fibrillation ablation: is pre-procedural transoesophageal echocardiography mandatory?
authors.affiliation: The Heart Hospital, University College Hospital and Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, UCL, 16-18 Westmoreland Street, London W1G 8PH, UK. jack.mccready@uclh.nhs.uk
authors.forename: James W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: McCready
authors.forename: Laurence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Nunn
authors.forename: Pier D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Lambiase
authors.forename: Syed Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Ahsan
authors.forename: Oliver R
authors.initials: OR
authors.lastname: Segal
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rowland
authors.forename: Martin D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Lowe
authors.forename: Anthony W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Chow
mesh_terms: D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015897:Comorbidity; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011379:Prognosis; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods; D012307:Risk Factors; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology