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Cardiac Magnetic Resonance for the Evaluation of Suspected Cardiac Thrombus: Conventional and Emerging Techniques
Published on: June 11, 2019
[Computerized tomography in the diagnosis of heart neoplasms]
Abstract:
Computed tomography (CT) was used to study 56 and 4 patients with primary and secondary cardiac blastomas, respectively. CT allows differentiation between a racemose and dense endocardial tumor, localization of myxoma pedicle, recording its prolapse into the adjacent chamber, identification of extra-, intracardiac and intramyocardial tumor growth as well as changes in adjacent vessels. CT image of cardiac myxoma is similar to a filling defect of diminished density, that of extra-endocardial tumors display polymorphism. Blastomatous invasion of the heart is characterized by blurring of cardiovascular elements boundaries, pericardial thickening and fluid accumulation. CT is advocated as a new, noninvasive and highly efficient diagnostic modality in cardiac tumors.
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