Cardiac tumours

J. P. Greenwood*, M. Motwani, A. M. Crean

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The differential diagnosis for a cardiac mass is broad, and includes thrombus, normal anatomical variants, metastases, and a variety of primary cardiac tumours. Although cardiac tumours are rare, they can lead to serious complications such as intra-cardiac obstruction and fatal arrhythmias, even when benign. Over the last decade, there have been significant advances in cardiac imaging. This chapter discusses the roles of echocardiography, cardiovascular magnetic resonance, cardiac computed tomography, and nuclear imaging in the diagnosis, characterisation, and management of cardiac masses. This chapter also provides an overview of the most common cardiac masses and their key imaging features across all modalities.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvanced Cardiac Imaging
EditorsKoen Nieman, Oliver Gaemperli, Patricio Lancellotti, Sven Plein
Place of PublicationCambridge
PublisherWoodhead Publishing
Chapter17
Pages585-616
Number of pages32
ISBN (Electronic)9781782422945
ISBN (Print)9781782422822
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 3 Aug 2015

Publication series

NameWoodhead Publishing Series in Biomaterials
PublisherWoodhead Publishing
Volume99

Keywords

  • cardiac tumours
  • cardiovascular MR
  • echocardiography
  • cardiac CT
  • cardiac PET

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