Key result
Stepwise multimodality imaging successfully identifies and characterizes a heavily vascularized atrial myxoma.
Why the study?
Accurate diagnosis and management of atrial myxoma require effective imaging strategies to characterize cardiac masses.
Stepwise multimodality imaging is useful for the accurate diagnosis and management of atrial myxoma.
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May aid diagnosis of vascularized atrial masses; leaves open prospective validation before wider adoption.
The case of a 67-year-old man who presented for elective gastroenterology procedures and was in atrial fibrillation is discussed. Transthoracic echocardiography revealed a large atrial mass. Preoperative coronary angiography revealed a heavily vascularized mass. Use of cardiac magnetic resonance identified the cardiac mass as likely an atrial myxoma. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)
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Wong et al. (2023) studied this question. Stepwise multimodality imaging utilizing echocardiography, angiography, and cardiac magnetic resonance successfully diagnosed a heavily vascularized atrial mass as an atrial myxoma.
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