Benign cardiac tumours: Cardiac CT and MRI imaging appearances

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 550-558

  Salanitri, J ^a,e   Lisle, D ^a   Rigsby, C ^c   Slaughter, R ^b   Edelman, R ^d  

^a St Andrews War Memorial Hospital   (Australia)

^b THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Evanston Northwestern Hospital   (United States)

^e NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benign cardiac tumour; Cardiac CT; Cardiac mass; Cardiac MRI

Indexed keywords

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FIBROELASTOMA; FIBROMA; HEART ATRIUM MYXOMA; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEART HYPERTROPHY; HEART TUMOR; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; LIPOMA; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOTUMOR; RADIOLOGIST; REVIEW; RHABDOMYOMA;

ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 58849133302     PISSN: 17549477     EISSN: 17549485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2008.02010.x     Document Type: Review

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