CT diagnosis of left atrial thrombus undiagnosed by echocardiography.
Although effectiveness of CT scan in the diagnosis of intracardiac masses is considered limited by heart pulsations, it may be effective in diagnosis of lesions not detected by echocardiography. This report presents a case where a large left atrial thrombus which was undiagnosed by 2D echocardiogram was diagnosed by CT scan.
D000328:Adult; D004452:Echocardiography; D006325:Heart Atria; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed