Predictors of left atrial appendage thrombus in atrial fibrillation patients undergoing cardioversion
Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology(2024)
Abstract
Atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter represent the most prevalent clinically significant cardiac arrhythmias. While the CHA2DS2-VASc score is commonly used to inform anticoagulation therapy decisions for patients with these conditions, its predictive power is limited. Therefore, we sought to improve risk prediction for left atrial appendage thrombus (LAAT), a known risk factor for stroke in these patients. We developed and validated an explainable machine learning model using the eXtreme Gradient Boosting algorithm with 5 × 5 nested cross-validation. The primary outcome was to predict the probability of LAAT in patients with atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter who underwent transesophageal echocardiogram prior to cardioversion. Our algorithm used 37 demographic, comorbid, and transthoracic echocardiographic variables. A total of 795 patients were included in our analysis. LAAT was present in 11.3
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Key words
Atrial fibrillation,Thrombus,Prediction
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