The aim of this study was to evaluate left atrial deformations using speckle tracking
echocardiography for predicting left atrial appendage (LAA) thrombus in patients with
suspected cardioembolic stroke who were in normal sinus rhythm. A total of 153 ischemic
stroke patients (89 males, 64 females) in sinus rhythm who were suspected of having
cardioembolism were included in the study. The patients underwent conventional two‐
dimensional (2 D) echocardiogram and 2 D speckle tracking echocardiogram of the left …

… Left atrial deformation parameters predict left atrial appendage function and thrombus in
patients in sinus rhythm with suspected cardioembolic stroke: a speckle tracking and
transesophageal echocardiography study: left atrial filling and emptying velocities as indicators
of left atrial mechanics … Heart Atria / diagnostic imaging* … Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging* …