Key result
CMR accurately characterizes cardiac masses, matching surgical histopathology in ~89% of resected cases.
Why the study?
CMR has emerged as an important tool for identifying and characterizing cardiac masses, but no imaging data on cardiac masses were available from Pakistan.
Does cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging accurately characterize cardiac masses in patients with suspected masses on echo or CT?
Population
23 patients with confirmed cardiac mass on CMR referred after echo or CT suspicion in Pakistan
Design
Single-center retrospective review
Authors
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Supports CMR for non-invasive differentiation of suspected cardiac masses; leaves open need for larger prospective validation.
Observational (n=23)
No
Does cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging accurately characterize cardiac masses in patients with suspected masses on echo or CT?
CMR is an effective non-invasive imaging modality for the characterization and differentiation of cardiac masses, providing good correlation with histopathology.
Sultan et al. (2020) conducted an observational in Suspicion of cardiac mass on echocardiogram or CT (n=23). Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging was evaluated on Diagnosis and characterization of cardiac masses on CMR. CMR successfully identified and differentiated various cardiac masses, with myxoma being the most common tumor (26%) and findings matching histopathology in 8 of 9 operated patients.
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