“Stunning” of the left atrium after spontaneous conversion of atrial fibrillation to sinus rhythm

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 · 748 citations

Thrombosis, Radiology, Cardiovascular Disease +11

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 · 531 citations · Full text

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

Charles Pollick, D. Taylor · Circulation · 1991 · 479 citations · Full text

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 · 432 citations

Thrombosis, Pulmonary Embolism, Cardiac Anaesthesia +12

Pulsed Doppler evaluation of atrial mechanical function after electrical cardioversion of atrial fibrillation

Warren J. Manning, David E. Leeman, Patricia J. Gotch et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology · 1989 · 371 citations

Electrophysiological Evaluation, Heart Failure, Cardiac Anaesthesia +13