Diagnosis of left atrial appendage thrombus in patients with atrial fibrillation: delayed contrast-enhanced cardiac CT.
Pietro SpagnoloManuela GiglioDaniela Di MarcoPaola M CannaòEustachio AgricolaPaolo E Della BellaCaterina Beatrice MontiFrancesco SardanelliPublished in: European radiology (2020)
• In patients with persistent atrial fibrillation referred for ablation procedures, a cardiac CT examination comprising an angiographic-phase acquisition and, in case of filling defects, a 6-min delayed phase may help reduce the need for transesophageal echocardiography. • Cardiac CT would provide morphological and volumetric data, along with the potential to exclude the presence of thrombi in the left atrial appendage.
Keyphrases
- left atrial appendage
- contrast enhanced
- atrial fibrillation
- computed tomography
- catheter ablation
- diffusion weighted
- magnetic resonance imaging
- dual energy
- left ventricular
- magnetic resonance
- image quality
- diffusion weighted imaging
- left atrial
- positron emission tomography
- oral anticoagulants
- heart failure
- electronic health record
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- big data
- risk assessment
- acute coronary syndrome
- direct oral anticoagulants
- deep learning