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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 26.
Published in final edited form as: JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2011 Jul;4(7):702–712. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2011.03.017

Table 3.

Thrombus Morphology in Relation to Echo Detection

A.

LV Thrombus by DE-CMR
(n=24)

Echo +
(n=8)
Echo −
(n=16)
P

Type
  Protuberant 7 10 0.06
  Mural 1 6*
B.
Thrombus Size (cm3)
Thrombus Detected Thrombus Missed P
Echo
  Overall 6.6 [2.0, 21.4] 2.0 [1.2, 3.5] 0.054
  Protuberant Thrombus 6.6 [2.0, 21.4] 1.3 [0.8, 2.3] 0.02
Cine-CMR
  Overall 4.9 [2.6, 9.3] 1.4 [0.6, 3.0] 0.02
  Protuberant Thrombus 4.9 [2.2, 11.0] 0.8 [0.5, 1.1] <0.01

Indices reported as antilog of mean [95% confidence intervals] of log transformed data. Numbers in boldface indicate p values <0.05

*

In one case, DE-CMR detected mural thrombus adherent to mid anterior wall and excluded apical thrombus; echo was negative for anterior wall thrombus but positive for apical thrombus (P value based on thrombus detection by correct location).