Relation of left atrial appendage function to the duration and reversibility of nonvalvular atrial fibrillation

Atrial fibrillation as a self-sustaining arrhythmia independent of focal discharge

Gordon K. Moe, J.A. Abildskov · American Heart Journal · 1959 · 885 citations

Medicine, Cardiology, Physiology +11

Relations between left atrial appendage blood flow velocity, spontaneous echocardiographic contrast and thromboembolic risk in vivo

Diane Fatkin, Raymond P. Kelly, Michael P. Feneley · Journal of the American College of Cardiology · 1994 · 760 citations

Medicine, Cardiology, Clinical Cardiology +13

Impaired left atrial mechanical function after cardioversion: Relation to the duration of atrial fibrillation

Warren J. Manning, David I. Silverman, Sarah E. Katz et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology · 1994 · 537 citations · Full text

Medicine, Cardiology, Clinical Cardiology +16

Assessment of left atrial appendage function by transesophageal echocardiography. Implications for the development of thrombus.

Charles Pollick, D. Taylor · Circulation · 1991 · 483 citations · Full text

Medicine, Cardiology, Internal Medicine +16

Transesophageal echocardiography before and during direct current cardioversion of atrial fibrillation: Evidence for “atrial stunning” as a mechanism of thromboembolic complications

Diane Fatkin, Dennis L. Kuchar, Charles W. Thorburn et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology · 1994 · 433 citations

Medicine, Cardiology, Internal Medicine +17