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^1ABCDEF, Yukun Li^1B, Kui Wu^1B, Junlei Li^1C, Yong Zhu^1CD, Fei Guo^1CD, Rong Bai^1AEF, Jianzeng Dong^1ADEFG*

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.934795

Med Sci Monit 2021; 27:e934795

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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	<0.001
Previous stroke/TIA	2.367	1.230–4.554	0.01
Congestive heart failure	4.640	2.761–7.798	<0.001
Left atrial enlargement	3.464	2.196–5.462	<0.001
OR – odds ratio; CI – confidence interval; AF – atrial fibrillation; TIA – transient ischemic attack.

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