title: The left atrial appendage: can anatomical characteristics be used to predict strokes in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation patients?
authors.forename: Takehiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: Seiji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takatsuki
authors.forename: Keiichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fukuda
mesh_terms: D020517:Atrial Appendage / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D011379:Prognosis; D020521:Stroke / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed