Key result
Multimodal non-invasive imaging reliably diagnoses and assesses malignancy of cardiac masses without biopsy.
Why the study?
The non-invasive diagnostic approach for cardiac masses has not been well established in the literature.
Population
Patients with cardiac masses including benign or malignant tumors, metastases, and pseudotumors
Comparison
Echocardiography vs cardiac CT and MRI vs PET-CT for diagnosis of cardiac masses
Design
Narrative review
Authors
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Noninvasive diagnosis of cardiac masses lacks standardization; leaves open prospective validation of multimodal algorithms.
This narrative review outlines a comprehensive non-invasive multimodality imaging pathway for the diagnosis and characterization of cardiac masses.
Angeli et al. (2022) conducted a review in Cardiac masses. Non-invasive diagnostic techniques (echocardiography, CT, CMR, PET-CT) was evaluated. A comprehensive non-invasive diagnostic approach using echocardiography, cardiac CT, CMR, and PET-CT can establish the diagnosis and potential malignancy of cardiac masses without histological report.
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