The diagnostic accuracy of contrast echocardiography in patients with suspected cardiac masses: A preliminary multicenter, cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of contrast echocardiography (CE) in patients with suspected cardiac masses.

Methods

A multicenter, prospective study involving 108 consecutive patients with suspected cardiac masses based on transthoracic echocardiography performed between November 2019 and December 2020 was carried out. CE examinations were performed in all patients. The echocardiographic diagnosis was established according to the qualitative (echogenicity, boundary, morphology of the base, mass perfusion, pericardial effusion, and motility) and quantitative (area of the masses and peak intensity ratio of the masses and adjacent myocardium A1/A2) evaluations.

Results

Final confirmed diagnoses were as follows: no cardiac mass (n = 3), pseudomass (

SUBMITTER: Li Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9523017 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature