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ArticleArchive of clinical cases2024

Is it a thrombus or a tumor? An imaging dilemma for clinicians.

James Choi, Toby Speirs, Ranvir Bhatia, Sanjay Sivalokanathan, Colin Craft

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Article in Archive of clinical cases, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors.

James ChoiDivision of Medicine, Mount Sinai Health System, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NYC, USA.
Toby SpeirsUniversity of Cambridge Medical School, Cambridge, UK.
Ranvir BhatiaDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Pennsylvania Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Sanjay SivalokanathanDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Pennsylvania Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Colin CraftDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Pennsylvania Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Atrial fibrillation, the most common cardiac arrhythmia in the Western world, confers a 5-fold increase in stroke, mainly due to thrombus formation in the left atrial appendage. Early rhythm control is often beneficial in reducing adverse cardiovascular events in higher-risk populations. Here, we present a patient who was found to have a 1 cm stalk-like lesion in the left atrial appendage on transesophageal echocardiogram prior to electrical cardioversion. Using multiple cardiac imaging modalities, including cardiac magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography, the mass was eventually determined to be a chronic resolving thrombus.

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anticoagulationatrial fibrillationleft atrial appendage thrombusstalk lesiontransesophageal echocardiogram

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PMID38919848
PMCPMC11195027

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