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  • Cardiology
  • Medical Imaging
  • Oncology

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  • Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) is crucial for evaluating cardiac masses (CM).
  • Limited data exist on CMR's ability to predict patient outcomes.
  • This study assesses CMR's accuracy in determining malignancy and its prognostic value.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the accuracy of CMR in diagnosing cardiac mass malignancy.
  • To determine the association between malignant cardiac masses and patient mortality.
  • To assess the agreement between CMR findings and histopathological diagnoses.

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective observational study of 75 patients with suspected cardiac masses (CM) from 2004-2023.
  • Blinded reanalysis of CMR images by specialists to classify masses as malignant or non-malignant.
  • Survival analysis and Cox regression for mortality; Cohen's Kappa for diagnostic agreement with histopathology.

Main Results:

  • Malignant cardiac masses (24/75) were associated with significantly higher mortality (HR: 3.72).
  • Key indicators of malignancy included multiple masses, chamber involvement, infiltration, effusion, and late gadolinium enhancement.
  • Excellent agreement (k=0.88) between CMR and histopathology for malignancy detection.

Conclusions:

  • CMR is accurate in identifying malignant cardiac masses.
  • Malignant cardiac masses identified by CMR are associated with increased patient mortality.
  • CMR provides reliable diagnostic information that agrees well with histopathological findings.