Retrospective Study of 1255 Non-Anticoagulated Patients with Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation to Determine the Risk of Ischemic Stroke Associated with Left Atrial Spontaneous Echo Contrast on Transesophageal Echocardiography

11 December 2021: Clinical Research

Kesen Liu ^ABCDEF , Yukun Li ^B , Kui Wu ^B , Junlei Li ^C , Yong Zhu ^CD , Fei Guo ^CD , Rong Bai ^AEF , Jianzeng Dong ^ADEFG*

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.934795

Med Sci Monit 2021; 27:e934795

Table 3 Independent predictors of left atrial spontaneous echo contrast on multivariate logistic analysis.

Variables	OR	95% CI	P value
Age	1.042	1.013–1.071	0.004
Non-paroxysmal AF	10.010	5.768–17.370
Previous stroke/TIA	2.405	1.242–4.661	0.009
Congestive heart failure	6.100	2.929–12.704
Left atrial enlargement	3.369	2.111–5.377
LVEF	1.873	0.728–4.816	0.193
CRP	1.040	0.994–1.089	0.86
Uric acid	1.001	0.999–1.004	0.253
eGFR	1.003	0.988–1.018	0.711
Homocysteine	1.003	0.974–1.033	0.847
LASEC – left atrial spontaneous echo contrast; OR – odds ratio; CI – confidence interval; AF – atrial fibrillation; TIA – transient ischemic attack; LVEF – left ventricular ejection fraction; CRP – C-reactive protein; eGFR – estimated glomerular filtration rate.