CARDIAC TUMORS ARE INFREQUENT, AND MANAGEMENT STRATEGY DEPENDS ON
WHETHER THE TUMOR is benign or malignant, as well as its location within the heart …

The objective of the present study was to evaluate whether integrated 18F-FDG PET/MR
imaging could improve the diagnostic workup in patients with cardiac masses. Methods …

Cardiac tumors, although rare, carry high morbidity and mortality rates. They are commonly
first identified either at echocardiography or incidentally at thoracoabdominal CT performed …

CARDIAC MALIGNANCIES ARE RARE, INCLUDING PRIMARY AND METASTATIC
NEOPLASMS DEVELOPING either by systemic spread or tumor direct extension. In patients …

Cardiac and pericardial masses may be neoplastic, benign and malignant, non-neoplastic
such as thrombus or simple pericardial cysts, or normal variants cardiac structure can also …

Primary cardiac tumors are rare. Myxoma and sarcoma are the most common types of
benign and malignant cardiac tumors, respectively. Secondary cardiac tumors, the majority …

Cardiac masses are not an uncommon diagnostic dilemma in daily cardiology clinical
practice (1). The main issue is that there is lack of standardization among cardiology …

Cardiac and pericardial masses represent a rare, but large spectrum of different entities with
variable morbidity and mortality. 1 Beside intra-cardiac thrombi, calcifications, and …

Background To compare the diagnostic accuracy of CMR and FDG-PET/CT and their
complementary role to distinguish benign vs malignant cardiac masses. Methods …

Since its introduction in the early 2000, the hybridization of PET/CT has revolutionized
medical imaging by the juxtaposition of functional PET images with high-resolution anatomic …