Prevalence of Left Atrial Appendage Filling Defects and Thrombus at CT for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Planning.
Tobias Trapletti
K. Klambauer
Viktor Mergen
Tristan T. Demmert
L. Moser
Jonathan M. Michel
A. M. Kasel
H. Alkadhi
M. Eberhard
Medicine
Abstract
Although left atrial appendage (LAA) filling defects are common on CT angiography for transcatheter aortic valve replacement planning, true LAA thrombus is rarely detected with late-phase imaging.