Analysis of parameters
Data on the following parameters were analyzed: baseline clinical
characteristics, the type of oral anticoagulants used, congestive heart
failure, hypertension, diabetes, previous stroke/transient ischemic
attack-vascular disease, age, sex, and the
CHA2DS2-VASc score. The morphology of
the LAA obtained from 3DCT was classified into the following four types:
cactus, cauliflower, chicken-wing, and windsock, as previously
reported.10