A rare sighting:left atrial appendage thrombus seen on transthoracic echocardiogram
Jose Ruiz1
Fadi Kandah2
Maedeh Ganji1
Robert F.Percy1
Srinivasan Sattiraju1
1.Department of Cardiology,UF Health Jacksonville,Jacksonville,Fl,United States2.Department of Internal Medicine,UF Health Jacksonville,Jacksonville,Fl,United States
摘要：The left atrial appendage(LAA)is the most common site of left atrial thrombus with more than 90％of thrombi formed within this structure.[1]Transesophageal echocardiography(TEE)is the gold standard imaging technique for identifying LAA thrombus,with sensitivity and specificity both of 95％-100％.[1,2]An imaging mod-ality that is used on most cardiac patients is the transthoracic echocardiogram(TTE).While quick and noninvasive,it is not known for its ability to detect left atrial appendage thrombi.Detecting a thrombus on TTE is a great advantage as it allows for rapid initiation of anticoagulation and avoid-ance of cardioversion early in atrial fibrillation pa-tients.This case demonstrates the rare occurrence of a patient who was found to be in atrial fibrillation in the setting of thyrotoxicosis who was sub-sequently discovered to have a left atrial append-age thrombus on TTE.
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论文发表日期：2021-03-28
在线出版日期：2025-08-15（本平台首次上网日期，不代表文献的发表时间）
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