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All patients were followed prospectively. One thousand two hundred twenty\u2010one patients received a PVAI during the study dates. All patients received a CT pre\u2010PVAI at 3 months, and 601 (49%) received a transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) pre\u2010PVAI. Per protocol, all patients who had CT scans that were positive for LAA thrombus received a TEE. There were 9 patients who had LAA thrombus on CT scan, but only 3 had LAA thrombus on TEE. Using TEE as the gold standard, only 3 patients had an LAA thrombus before PVAI; of these patients, 2 had chronic AF with average ejection fraction (EF) of 48% and 1 patient had PAF with EF 25%. No patients with PAF and normal EF had LAA thrombus. Patients with LAA thrombus pre\u2010PVAI had lower EF than patients without LAA thrombus (40% vs. 53%, P = 0.007) but had similar LA size (5.0 vs. 4.5 cm, P = 0.77). No other differences in baseline characteristics were noted.<\/jats:p><jats:p> <jats:bold>\n            <jats:italic>Conclusions:<\/jats:italic>\n          <\/jats:bold> In this registry of 1,221 patients, we did not observe LA thrombus in PAF patients with normal EF who present for PVAI. 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