Two-dimensional echocardiography correctly identified left ventricular thrombi in 10 of 11 positive diagnoses and correctly excluded them in 3 of 5 negative diagnoses.
Observational (n=16)
Does two-dimensional echocardiography accurately diagnose left ventricular thrombi compared to anatomical, radiological, or clinical confirmation?
Two-dimensional echocardiography demonstrates utility in diagnosing left ventricular thrombi, though false negatives can occur.
Sixteen patients had two-dimensional echocardiographic diagnosis of the presence or absence of left ventricular thrombi and anatomical, radiological, or clinical confirmation of the diagnosis. Eleven patients had positive diagnoses, which were confirmed in 10 and possibly incorrect in one. Five other records were reviewed because the patients had undergone aneurysmectomy after two-dimensional echocardiograms: three were true negative and two were false negative studies.
Meltzer et al. (1979) conducted an observational in Left ventricular thrombi (n=16). Two-dimensional echocardiography vs. Anatomical, radiological, or clinical confirmation was evaluated on Diagnostic accuracy of left ventricular thrombi. Two-dimensional echocardiography correctly identified left ventricular thrombi in 10 of 11 positive diagnoses and correctly excluded them in 3 of 5 negative diagnoses.