[Incidental cardiac findings on cardiac CT with prognostic impact].

50-year-old man with a history of type 2 diabetes, peranent atrial fibrillation and chest pain, was referred for ardiac CT to exclude coronary disease. The exam revealed on-significant coronary disease, dilated LA and a subtracion image in the left atrial appendage suggestive of thromus (Figure 2). The diagnosis could have been confirmed y a second scan a few minutes after the first or by transsophageal echocardiography, but these were not performed ecause the results would not have altered the therapeutic pproach. The patient was prescribed oral anticoagulation.

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  2012

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  Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia

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  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1016/j.repc.2011.09.020PMID 22153903
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