Can Multidetector Computed Tomography Rule Out Left Atrial Thrombus in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation?

Fifteen prospective studies met inclusion criteria, with a total of 2,540 patients, for whom 8 studies obtained delayed-phase images, 11 studies obtained ECG-gated images, 9 studies achieved pulse rates lower than 70 beats/min, and only 5 studies had a combination of all 3 characteristics: ECG gating, pulse rate control, and delayed-phase imaging. Studies were reported to be of high quality (all included studies having Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies score >10), and statistical heterogeneity in the delayed-phase imaging group was low.

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