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 4 Multivariate analysis for the construction of the new scoring model.

Variables	OR	95% CI	P value
Age	1.039	1.016–1.063	0.001
Non-paroxysmal AF	10.186	5.897–17.594
Previous stroke/TIA	2.367	1.230–4.554	0.01
Congestive heart failure	4.640	2.761–7.798
Left atrial enlargement	3.464	2.196–5.462
OR – odds ratio; CI – confidence interval; AF – atrial fibrillation; TIA – transient ischemic attack.