Evaluation of causal heart diseases in cardioembolic stroke by cardiac computed tomography

Figure 8 Left ventricular apical thrombus complicated with mid-ventricular obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. A 56-year-old man with unsustained ventricular tachycardia underwent cardiac computed tomography (CCT) in search of underlying heart disease. A and B: Horizontal long axis (A) and vertical long axis (B) reformatted CCT images at end diastole show partially calcified round-shaped thrombus in left ventricular apex (arrow). C and D: Horizontal long axis (C) and vertical long axis (D) reformatted CCT images at end systole show mid-ventricular hypertrophy and mid-cavitary obliteration of left ventricle (arrowhead) with thin-walled left ventricular apical aneurysm; E and F: Horizontal long axis (E) and vertical long axis (F) reformatted images of delayed enhanced cardiac magnetic resonance imaging show transmural late gadolinium enhancement in mid to apical portion of left ventricle (arrowheads).