Multidetector CT and MR Imaging of Cardiac Tumors
Why the study?
How do MDCT and MRI assist in the diagnosis, tissue characterization, and presurgical assessment of cardiac tumors?
Population
Patients with cardiac tumors or neoplasms
Design
Review
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
May inform MDCT-MRI selection for cardiac tumor evaluation; leaves open prospective validation of presurgical impact.
Structured PICO
How do MDCT and MRI assist in the diagnosis, tissue characterization, and presurgical assessment of cardiac tumors?
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Population
Patients with cardiac tumors or neoplasms
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Intervention
Multidetector CT (MDCT) and MRI
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Outcome
Differentiation of benign from malignant masses and presurgical assessment
MDCT and MRI serve as complementary imaging modalities for the diagnosis, tissue characterization, and presurgical planning of cardiac tumors.
Cite This Study
Kim et al. (2009) studied this question.