The challenge in diagnosing cardiac tumors to avoid unnecessary cardiac surgery

Gowsini Joseph; Marek Wojciech Zelechowski; Jens Gronlund; Tomas Zaremba

doi:10.1002/ccr3.2973

The challenge in diagnosing cardiac tumors to avoid unnecessary cardiac surgery

Clin Case Rep. 2020 Jun 11;8(9):1714-1718. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.2973. eCollection 2020 Sep.

Authors

Gowsini Joseph^{1

2

3}, Marek Wojciech Zelechowski², Jens Gronlund⁴, Tomas Zaremba⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical Medicine Aalborg University Aalborg Denmark.
² Department of Cardiology & Centre for Clinical Research North Denmark Regional Hospital Hjorring Denmark.
³ Department of Cardiology Zealand University Hospital University of Copenhagen Roskilde Denmark.
⁴ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery Aalborg University Hospital Aalborg Denmark.
⁵ Department of Cardiology Aalborg University Hospital Aalborg Denmark.

Abstract

Cardiac magnetic resonance in cardiac mass: Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) should be considered in the evaluation of patients with cardiac mass. Especially, when the diagnosis is not certain, CMR could provide paramount information that could be helpful for the decision on cardiac surgery.

Keywords: cardiac magnetic resonance; cardiac mass; cardiac tumor; cardiothoracic surgery; echocardiography; lipomatous atrial septal hypertrophy.

Publication types

Case Reports