Does multidetector computed tomography accurately detect LAA thrombus in high-risk patients?
While limited overall, cardiac MDCT may be useful for ruling out LAA thrombus in very high-risk patients due to its high negative predictive value.
Multidetector computed tomography remains limited for the detection of LAA thrombus. However, a subgroup of patients at very high risk for LAA thrombus may benefit from the high negative predictive value of cardiac MDCT.
Shapiro et al. (Thu,) studied this question.