Detection of left atrial thrombus in patients with mitral stenosis and atrial fibrillation: Retrospective comparison of two-phase computed tomography, transoesophageal echocardiography and surgical findings

European Radiology

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2944-2953

  Choi, Bo Hwa ^a   Ko, Sung Min ^a   Hwang, Hweung Kon ^a   Song, Meong Gun ^a   Shin, Je Kyoun ^a   Kang, Woon Seok ^a   Kim, Tae Yop ^a  

^a Konkuk University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Computed tomography; Left atrial appendage thrombus; Mitral stenosis; Transoesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

IOPROMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; POWER INJECTOR; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84885947617     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-013-2944-5     Document Type: Article

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