What question did this study set out to answer?

To review the characteristic cardiac MRI (CMR) features of cardiac myxomas and evaluate CMR's ability to differentiate myxomas from intracardiac thrombi and other cardiac masses.

November 4, 2014British Journal of RadiologyOpen Access

Cardiac MR assessment of cardiac myxomas

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Why the study?

Does cardiac MRI help differentiate cardiac myxomas from thrombus and other cardiac masses?

Population

Patients with cardiac myxomas

Design

Review

Authors

KGKatharine Garfath-CoxUniversity Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust IBIvan W. BrownBrock University JSJames ShambrookJames Cook University Hospital

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Implication

May guide preoperative assessment of cardiac masses; leaves open prospective validation of diagnostic accuracy.

Key Points

To review the characteristic cardiac MRI (CMR) features of cardiac myxomas and evaluate CMR's ability to differentiate myxomas from intracardiac thrombi and other cardiac masses.
Narrative pictorial review evaluating imaging characteristics across echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR).
Analysis of tissue characterization techniques to distinguish benign cardiac myxomas from thrombi and other primary or secondary cardiac masses.
Highlights that cardiac myxomas represent the most prevalent benign primary cardiac tumour in adults, with up to 20% of cases diagnosed incidentally while asymptomatic.
Identifies CMR as the primary imaging modality for cardiac tumours due to superior soft-tissue characterization relative to initial echocardiography.
Demonstrates qualitative imaging criteria on CMR that consistently differentiate myxomas from avascular intracardiac thrombi and alternate cardiac neoplasms prior to surgical resection.

Structured PICO

Does cardiac MRI help differentiate cardiac myxomas from thrombus and other cardiac masses?

Population

Patients with cardiac myxomas

Intervention

Cardiac MRI (CMR)

Outcome

Differentiation of myxomas from thrombus and other cardiac massessurrogate

Cardiac MRI is a highly effective imaging modality for characterizing cardiac myxomas and differentiating them from thrombi and other masses.

Cite This Study

Garfath-Cox et al. (2014) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9541fe77bd7906860f3cce https://doi.org/10.1259/bjr.20140599

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Cardiac MRI

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