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Examining the prevalence of left atrial appendage thrombus in a cohort of acute stroke patients with an extended CT angiographic protocol.

Szabolcs István AntalNikoletta SzabóRóbert KlucsaiPéter KlivényiZsigmond Tamas Kincses
Published in: European neurology (2024)
Our extended CTA scans reliably detected LAA thrombi even in cases where TTE did not, and showed that two patients' LAA thrombus would have been untreated based on electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring and TTE. We also showed that the benefits of CTA outweigh the disadvantages arising from the slight amount of excess radiation.
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