Incidental cardiac mass: Differential diagnosis, clinical approach and review of the literature;Massa cardiaca incidentale: Diagnosi differenziale, approccio clinico e revisione della letteratura

Giornale Italiano di Cardiologia

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 765-768

  Palazzuoli, Alberto ^a   Beltrami, Matteo ^a   Sabini, Alessandra ^b   Magnolfi, Annalisa ^b   Bucciarelli Ducci, Chiara ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN DONATO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac magnetic resonance; Cardiac mass; Cardiac tumors; Imaging

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE MASS; HEART PALPITATION; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART TUMOR; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LIPOMA; MALE; MUSCLE TISSUE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TUMOR GROWTH;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAMARTOMA; HEART DISEASES; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; LIPOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 84871192460     PISSN: 18276806     EISSN: 19726481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1714/1168.12954     Document Type: Article

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