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Cardiac Magnetic Resonance for the Evaluation of Suspected Cardiac Thrombus: Conventional and Emerging Techniques
Published on: June 11, 2019
[Heart imaging by CT-scan and MRI in cardiac tumors]
Adrien Pasteur-Rousseau1, Karam Souibri2, Ibtissem Smaali3
1Institut Cœur Paris Centre (ICPC) - 31 rue du Petit Musc, 75004 Paris, France; Clinique Turin, 9 rue de Turin, 75008 Paris, France; Clinique du Parc Monceau, 21 rue de Chazelles, 75017 Paris, France; Clinique Floréal, 40 rue Floréal, 93170 Bagnolet, France; Clinique de l'Alma, 166 rue de l'Université, 75007 Paris, France.
Abstract:
The etiology of cardiac masses is often oncological or thrombotic, rarely inflammatory. Among heart tumors, the vast majority are metastatic. We describe the most frequent benign primary cardiac tumors and the most frequent malignant primary cardiac tumors and give information about the advantages of using a multi-modality approach for the accurate diagnosis of a cardiac mass using Computed Tomography Scanner and Magnetic Resonance Investigation.
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