Abstract #3883
Assessing the Possible Intracardiac Mass: Methodological Imaging and Interpretation of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Findings
W. Patricia Bandettini 1 , Marcus Y Chen 1 , Sujata M Shanbhag 1 , and Andrew E Arai 1
1
NHLBI Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging,
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda,
Maryland, United States
This educational presentation reviews the methodological
imaging and interpreting process that constitute the
cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) assessment of
possible intracardiac mass. We present a text and
pictorial summary of various intracardiac masses to
demonstrate the heterogeneity commonly seen in tissue
characterization, using T1, T2, fat-suppression,
fat-water separation, perfusion, and late gadolinium
enhancement techniques. While some masses have typical
tissue characteristic presentations, the physician needs
to be judicious in interpreting the CMR. CMR can
identify normal structures that may appear as a
pseudo-mass on other imaging modalities, and CMR can
differentiate between cysts, vascular structures, fat,
thrombi, and solid tumors.
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