Magnetic resonance imaging of cardiac sarcomas

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Magnetic resonance imaging provides superior assessment of tumor extent compared to computed tomography, echocardiography, and angiography in patients with cardiac sarcomas. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

Alyssa T. Watanabe; George P. Teitelbaum; Robert W. Henderson; William G. Bradley

doi:10.1097/00005382-198904000-00015

April 1, 1989Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Magnetic resonance imaging of cardiac sarcomas

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Key result

Cardiac MRI outlines cardiac sarcoma extent better than CT, echocardiography, or angiography.

Why the study?

Does MRI provide more information regarding the extent of cardiac sarcomas compared to CT, echocardiography, or angiography?

Key Points

To assess the diagnostic utility of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in defining the anatomical extent of cardiac sarcomas relative to conventional cardiovascular imaging modalities.
Evaluated two patients (N=2) presenting with cardiac sarcomas using magnetic resonance imaging.
Compared diagnostic findings from MRI directly with computed tomography, two-dimensional echocardiography, and angiography.
Magnetic resonance imaging provided more diagnostic information regarding the anatomical extent of the tumor than computed tomography, two-dimensional echocardiography, or angiography in both patients.
Superior qualitative delineation of tumor boundaries was achieved by MRI across all evaluated cases without procedural complications noted.

Structured PICO

Does MRI provide more information regarding the extent of cardiac sarcomas compared to CT, echocardiography, or angiography?

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Population

2 patients with cardiac sarcomas

I

Intervention

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

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Comparator

Computed tomography, two-dimensional echocardiography, or angiography

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Outcome

Information regarding the extent of the tumorsurrogate

MRI provides superior information regarding the extent of cardiac sarcomas compared to CT, echocardiography, or angiography.

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Implication

MRI may better delineate cardiac sarcoma extent; hypothesis-generating from Level 5 evidence and should not yet change practice.

Abstract

Two patients with cardiac sarcomas were evaluated with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). In both cases, MRI provided more information regarding the extent of the tumor than computed tomography, two-dimensional echocardiography, or angiography.

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Watanabe et al. (1989) studied this question. Magnetic resonance imaging provided more information regarding tumor extent than computed tomography, echocardiography, or angiography in two patients with cardiac sarcomas.

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