Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging in suspected cardiac tumour: a multicentre outcomes study.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging is a key diagnostic tool for the evaluation of patients with suspected cardiac tumours. Patient management is guided by the CMR diagnosis, including no further testing if a mass is excluded or if only a pseudomass is found. However, there are no outcomes studies validating this approach.

Methods and results

In this multicentre study of patients undergoing clinical CMR for suspected cardiac tumour, CMR diagnoses were assigned as no mass, pseudomass, thrombus, benign tumour, or malignant tumour. A final diagnosis was determined after follow-up using all available data. The primary endpoint was all-cause mortality. Among 903 patients, the CMR diagnosis was no mass in 25%, pseudomass in 16%, thrombus in 16%, benign tumour in 1

SUBMITTER: Shenoy C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8720142 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature