Abstract
Methods Thirty four patients were enrolled: twenty two males, twelve females, age between 15 days and 80 years old (mean 38 years old) with diagnosis of cardiac mass underwent echo and CMR before biopsy or surgery. Echo gradient cine images in multiple views, T1 and T2 weighted sequences, and additional information derived from first pass perfusion imaging and inversion recovery post gadolinium delayed images allowed an accurate diagnosis in the majority of cases.
Highlights
Cardiac Magnetic Resonance (CMR) has demonstrated being an ideal method in the diagnosis of cardiac masses because of its accuracy in tissue characterization
The main objective was to compare the utility of CMR in the diagnosis of cardiac masses with Echocardiography (Echo) having the histopathology findings as the gold standard
Echo gradient cine images in multiple views, T1 and T2 weighted sequences, and additional information derived from first pass perfusion imaging and inversion recovery post gadolinium delayed images allowed an accurate diagnosis in the majority of cases
Summary
Cardiac Magnetic Resonance (CMR) has demonstrated being an ideal method in the diagnosis of cardiac masses because of its accuracy in tissue characterization. Comparison of echocardiography, magnetic resonance imaging and histopathology for the imaging evaluation of intracardiac masess Juan M Bonelli1*, Eric Kimura2, Gabriela Meléndez1, Francisco Castillo2, Sergio G Olmos1, Nelsy C González1, Erick Alexánderson3, Luis Marroquin3, Fernando Iñarra3, José E Telich-Tarriba3, Aloha Meave1
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