"We found that CT was, of course, helpful for anatomic rendering, but it was also very sensitive in picking up the presence of left atrial appendage thrombus," said Brady. "This provides an ...

"In patients with rheumatic mitral-valve disease, when a thrombus occurs in the left atrium, it is present in the left atrial appendage only 50% of the time, so it could well be in the pouch in ...

The left atrial appendage is the most common site for cardiac thrombus. It is anatomically ... of thromboembolism. Cardiac CT can be used, as well. During atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter ...

The remaining four did not have A-fib, were not on oral anticoagulation, and did not have LAA thrombus identified on CT. Despite the limitations, “it does suggest there may be an increased stroke rate ...

62 Figure 7: HSROC curves of a meta-analytical comparison of cardiac CT and transoesophageal echocardiography for the detection of left atrial appendage thrombus.

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