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Time course for resolution of left atrial appendage stunning after catheter ablation of chronic atrial flutter

^a Third Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

View larger version (27K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 Flow diagram of transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) protocol. AFL = atrial flutter.

View larger version (17K): [in a new window]   Figure 2 Serial changes in left atrial appendage (LAA) emptying flow velocities in patients with chronic atrial flutter before and after ablation. *By repeated measures of analysis of variance. Vertical bars indicate the mean value ± SD.

View larger version (74K): [in a new window]   Figure 3 The left atrial appendage flow velocities are shown during atrial flutter (A) and sinus rhythm of 20 h (B), 1 week after ablation (C), and 2 weeks after ablation (D). Paper speed of 50 mm/s.

View larger version (142K): [in a new window]   Figure 4 The spontaneous echo contrast (SEC) grade before and after atrial flutter ablation.