Why the study?
Heart masses are rare entities of increasing interest in cardiac imaging, where advancing imaging tools are crucial for morphological, functional, and tissue characterization, anatomical assessment, and surgical planning.
Echocardiography and cardiac MRI provide essential morphological, functional, and tissue characterization of cardiac masses for treatment and surgical planning.
Echocardiography aids mass characterization; leaves open need for prospective validation of advanced tools in larger cohorts.
Heart masses, including tumors (primary and secondary) and pseudotumor (cysts and thrombus), are rare entities, but of increasing interest in cardiac imaging areas. The clinical manifestations are related to the intracardiac effect of mass, embolization, and systemic symptoms in the case of tumors; however, some of them are detected incidentally. Nowadays, imaging techniques and the advancement of their tools perform the morphological, functional, and tissue characterization of the masses, and additionally know the anatomical relationships, which are crucial factors for the treatment and surgical planning.
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