Left atrial appendage thrombus detected by transesophageal examination with linear endoscopic ultrasound.
Kenji IkezawaMinoru ShigekawaKaoruko SengokuTeppei YoshiokaRyotaro SakamoriYasushi SakataTetsuo TakeharaPublished in: Clinical case reports (2019)
Linear endoscopic ultrasound (L-EUS) is mainly performed to assess pancreaticobiliary and mediastinal diseases. In this report, transesophageal observation with L-EUS revealed an LAA thrombus that was not detected by transthoracic echocardiography. This report highlights a novel potential role for L-EUS in the detection of cardiovascular diseases including LAA thrombi.
Keyphrases
- ultrasound guided
- left atrial appendage
- fine needle aspiration
- atrial fibrillation
- cardiovascular disease
- catheter ablation
- computed tomography
- left ventricular
- pulmonary hypertension
- magnetic resonance imaging
- single cell
- heart failure
- loop mediated isothermal amplification
- cardiovascular risk factors
- type diabetes
- coronary artery disease
- metabolic syndrome
- label free
- neural network