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Cardiac Magnetic Resonance for the Evaluation of Suspected Cardiac Thrombus: Conventional and Emerging Techniques
Published on: June 11, 2019
Cardiac masses, part 1: imaging strategies and technical considerations
Orla Buckley1, Rachna Madan, Raymond Kwong
1Department of Radiology, Division of Thoracic Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. orlabucko@gmail.com
Objective:
The objective of this article is to discuss optimal imaging strategies for the evaluation of cardiac masses. The advantages and disadvantages of echocardiography, cardiac MRI, gated cardiac CT, and nuclear imaging will be discussed and specific techniques presented.
Conclusion:
Multimodality imaging plays a pivotal role in the diagnosis and surgical planning of cardiac masses. Clinical features, such as patient age, location, and imaging characteristics of the mass will determine the likely differential diagnosis.
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