A 3-D CT image of a left atrial thrombus sparing only the ostia of the pulmonary veins

Int J Cardiol. 2007 Jul 31;119(3):408-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.07.187. Epub 2007 Jan 24.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Heart Atria
  • Heart Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional*
  • Middle Aged
  • Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*