Table 2 Level of LAA thrombosis depending on different LAA morphologies.

From: Impact of left atrial appendage morphology on thrombus formation after successful left atrial appendage occlusion: Assessment with cardiac-computed-tomography

LAA type

Complete thrombosis

Incomplete thrombosis of LAA

Thrombosis limited to device

No thrombosis

P-value

Windsock

4 (33)

4 (33)

2 (17)

2 (17)

0.484

Broccoli

2 (40)

1 (20)

2 (40)

0 (0)

Chicken Wing

2 (15)

6 (46)

3 (23)

2 (15)

  1. Values are total numbers (percentage). Analysis of contingency tables by Fishers’s exact test p-value = 0.484 revealed no significant difference.
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