Case Session 07: Cardiac Masses (2018)-A recommended CMR protocol for assessment of cardiac masses

A recommended CMR protocol for assessment of cardiac masses

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The talk presents a recommended cardiac MRI protocol for evaluating cardiac masses. CMR is valued for high-resolution, multi-planar imaging, functional assessment, and especially tissue characterization. The protocol focuses on three questions: where is the mass, how does it affect function, and is it vascular? Late gadolinium enhancement is the main technique, with tailored long inversion time imaging, perfusion, and T1 mapping increasingly used. The speaker reviews CMR assessment of thrombus, myxomas, primary malignancies, and cardiac metastases, emphasizing that CMR often outperforms echo and PET in diagnosis and prognosis.

Keywords

cardiac MRI

cardiac masses

late gadolinium enhancement

tissue characterization

myxoma