TY - JOUR
T1 - Echo HALT
T2 - do we really need a cardiac CT?
AU - Passaniti, Giulia
AU - Prandi, Francesca Romana
AU - Sharma, Samin
AU - Kini, Annapoorna
AU - Lerakis, Stamatios
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V.
PY - 2024/1
Y1 - 2024/1
N2 - Leaflet thrombosis is usually an incidental finding and Cardiac CT is the gold standard for its diagnosis, but the classic features of hypoattenuation leaflet thickening (HALT) and hypoattenuation affecting motion (HAM) can also be seen on echocardiography and more specifically on trans-esophageal echocardiography. We describe a case of transcatheter aortic valve thrombosis where both the diagnosis and treatment were based exclusively on the echocardiographic evaluation, without the need of cardiac CT, with good outcome for the patient.
AB - Leaflet thrombosis is usually an incidental finding and Cardiac CT is the gold standard for its diagnosis, but the classic features of hypoattenuation leaflet thickening (HALT) and hypoattenuation affecting motion (HAM) can also be seen on echocardiography and more specifically on trans-esophageal echocardiography. We describe a case of transcatheter aortic valve thrombosis where both the diagnosis and treatment were based exclusively on the echocardiographic evaluation, without the need of cardiac CT, with good outcome for the patient.
KW - Cardiac CT
KW - HALT
KW - Prosthetic leaflet thrombus
KW - Trans-esophageal echocardiogram
KW - Trans-thoracic echocardiogram
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U2 - 10.1007/s10554-023-03009-3
DO - 10.1007/s10554-023-03009-3
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85177235433
SN - 1569-5794
VL - 40
SP - 81
EP - 82
JO - International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging
JF - International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging
IS - 1
ER -