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Left atrial appendage thrombi in stroke patients: detection with two-phase cardiac CT angiography versus transesophageal echocardiography

Authors
 Jin Hur  ;  Young Jin Kim  ;  Hye-Jeong Lee  ;  Jong-Won Ha  ;  Ji Hoe Heo  ;  Eui-Young Choi  ;  Chi-Young Shim  ;  Tae Hoon Kim  ;  Ji Eun Nam  ;  Kyu Ok Choe  ;  Byoung Wook Choi 
Citation
 RADIOLOGY, Vol.251(3) : 683-690, 2009 
Journal Title
RADIOLOGY
ISSN
 0033-8419 
Issue Date
2009
MeSH
Adult ; Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; Atrial Appendage*/diagnostic imaging ; Coronary Angiography/methods ; Coronary Thrombosis/complications ; Coronary Thrombosis/diagnostic imaging* ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Echocardiography, Transesophageal/methods* ; Female ; Humans ; Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Predictive Value of Tests ; Prospective Studies ; Risk Factors ; Sensitivity and Specificity ; Stroke/etiology* ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed/methods*
Abstract
PURPOSE: To assess the diagnostic accuracy of two-phase 64-section cardiac computed tomographic (CT) angiography for detection of left atrial appendage (LAA) thrombi and differentiation between thrombus and circulatory stasis in patients with stroke, with transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) as the reference standard.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study was institutional review board approved, and all patients gave written informed consent. Fifty-five consecutive patients (36 men, 19 women; mean age, 61 years) who had recently experienced a stroke, had high-risk factors for thrombus formation, and underwent both two-phase 64-section cardiac CT angiography and TEE up to 5 days apart were examined. Agreement between CT and TEE for detection of thrombus was assessed with kappa statistics. For quantitative analysis, the LAA-ascending aorta attenuation ratio (LAA/AA, in Hounsfield units) was measured on early- and late-phase CT images. The significance of differences in CT attenuation measurements were assessed by using the Student t test.

RESULTS: A total of 14 thrombi were detected in the 55 patients at TEE. With TEE as the reference standard, the overall sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values of cardiac CT angiography for the detection of thrombus in the LAA were 100% (14 of 14 patients), 98% (40 of 41 patients), 93% (14 of 15 patients), and 100% (40 of 40 patients), respectively. Concordance between cardiac CT angiography and TEE for the detection of thrombus in the LAA was high (overall kappa = 0.953). Mean LAA/AA values were significantly different between thrombus (0.29 HU +/- 0.12 [standard deviation]) and circulatory stasis (0.85 HU +/- 0.12) on late-phase CT images (P < .001).

CONCLUSION: Two-phase 64-section cardiac CT angiography is a noninvasive sensitive modality for detecting LAA thrombi and differentiating thrombus from circulatory stasis in stroke patients.
Full Text
http://pubs.rsna.org/doi/full/10.1148/radiol.2513090794?pubCode=cgi
DOI
10.1148/radiol.2513090794
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1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Internal Medicine (내과학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Neurology (신경과학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Radiology (영상의학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Kim, Young Jin(김영진) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6235-6550
Kim, Tae Hoon(김태훈) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3598-2529
Nam, Ji Eun(남지은)
Shim, Chi Young(심지영) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6136-0136
Lee, Hye Jeong(이혜정) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4349-9174
Choe, Kyu Ok(최규옥)
Choi, Byoung Wook(최병욱) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8873-5444
Choi, Eui Young(최의영) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3732-0190
Ha, Jong Won(하종원) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8260-2958
Heo, Ji Hoe(허지회) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9898-3321
Hur, Jin(허진) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8651-6571
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/103952
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