Abstract #2742

Assessment and detection of left ventricular thrombus in patients with acute ischemic stroke using cardiac MR (ADVENT study)

Yoshiaki Morita¹, Junji Takasugi², Naoaki Yamada¹, Teruo Noguchi³, Yoshiaki Watanabe¹, Tatsuya Nishii¹, Atsushi Kono¹, and Tetsuya Fukuda¹

¹Department of Radiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Osaka, Japan, ²Division of Neurology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Osaka, Japan, ³Division of Cardiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Osaka, Japan

In patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS), the assessment of left ventricular thrombus (LVT) is essential. In this study, we showed the utility of the early phase of gadolinium enhancement for detecting LVT in AIS patients, which conventional TTE hardly identified. CE-CMR, when using the early phase of gadolinium enhancement, should be performed on acute ischemic stroke patients, especially those with prior myocardial infarction or LV dysfunction and without definitive stroke etiologies.

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