title: A 3-D CT image of a left atrial thrombus sparing only the ostia of the pulmonary veins.
abstract: A 58-year old woman was referred because of progressive heart failure since three weeks. Because of peripheral oedema and the presence of a diastolic murmur an echocardiography is performed showing a mitral stenosis and the presence of a thrombus in the left atrium. We present 3-D Computed Tomography (CT) images that show the massive extent of the left atrial thrombus only sparing the ostia of the pulmonary veins. A clue for diagnosis for mitral stenosis is the presence of an rumbling mid-diastolic murmur.
authors.forename: Willem
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Dewilde
authors.forename: Joris
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ector
authors.forename: Lieven
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Herbots
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008875:Middle Aged; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed