Medicina (Dec 2023)
Cardiac Masses and Pseudomasses: An Overview about Diagnostic Imaging and Clinical Background
- Corrado Tagliati,
- Marco Fogante,
- Anna Palmisano,
- Federica Catapano,
- Costanza Lisi,
- Lorenzo Monti,
- Giuseppe Lanni,
- Federico Cerimele,
- Antonio Bernardini,
- Luca Procaccini,
- Giulio Argalia,
- Paolo Esposto Pirani,
- Matteo Marcucci,
- Alberto Rebonato,
- Cecilia Cerimele,
- Alessandra Luciano,
- Matteo Cesarotto,
- Manuel Belgrano,
- Lorenzo Pagnan,
- Alessandro Sarno,
- Maria Assunta Cova,
- Fiammetta Ventura,
- Luana Regnicolo,
- Gabriele Polonara,
- Lucia Uguccioni,
- Alessia Quaranta,
- Liliana Balardi,
- Alessandro Barbarossa,
- Giulia Stronati,
- Federico Guerra,
- Marcello Chiocchi,
- Marco Francone,
- Antonio Esposito,
- Nicolò Schicchi
Affiliations
- Corrado Tagliati
- Radiologia, AST Pesaro Urbino, 61121 Pesaro, Italy
- Marco Fogante
- Maternal-Child, Senological, Cardiological Radiology and Outpatient Ultrasound, Department of Radiological Sciences, University Hospital of Marche, 60126 Ancona, Italy
- Anna Palmisano
- Experimental Imaging Center, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 60, 20132 Milan, Italy
- Federica Catapano
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, via Rita Levi Montalcini 4, 20072 Milan, Italy
- Costanza Lisi
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, via Rita Levi Montalcini 4, 20072 Milan, Italy
- Lorenzo Monti
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, via Rita Levi Montalcini 4, 20072 Milan, Italy
- Giuseppe Lanni
- Radiologia, ASL 4 Teramo, 64100 Teramo, Italy
- Federico Cerimele
- Radiologia, ASL 4 Teramo, 64100 Teramo, Italy
- Antonio Bernardini
- Radiologia, ASL 4 Teramo, 64100 Teramo, Italy
- Luca Procaccini
- Radiologia, ASL 4 Teramo, 64100 Teramo, Italy
- Giulio Argalia
- Maternal-Child, Senological, Cardiological Radiology and Outpatient Ultrasound, Department of Radiological Sciences, University Hospital of Marche, 60126 Ancona, Italy
- Paolo Esposto Pirani
- Maternal-Child, Senological, Cardiological Radiology and Outpatient Ultrasound, Department of Radiological Sciences, University Hospital of Marche, 60126 Ancona, Italy
- Matteo Marcucci
- U.O.C. di Radiodiagnostica, Ospedale Generale Provinciale di Macerata, 62100 Macerata, Italy
- Alberto Rebonato
- Radiologia, AST Pesaro Urbino, 61121 Pesaro, Italy
- Cecilia Cerimele
- Dipartimento di Biomedicina e Prevenzione, Universiy of Roma Tor Vergata, 00133 Roma, Italy
- Alessandra Luciano
- Dipartimento di Biomedicina e Prevenzione, Universiy of Roma Tor Vergata, 00133 Roma, Italy
- Matteo Cesarotto
- Department of Radiology, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Giuliano Isontina Ospedale di Cattinara, 34149 Trieste, Italy
- Manuel Belgrano
- Department of Medical, Surgical and Health Sciences, University of Trieste, 34151 Trieste, Italy
- Lorenzo Pagnan
- Department of Radiology, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Giuliano Isontina Ospedale di Cattinara, 34149 Trieste, Italy
- Alessandro Sarno
- Department of Radiology, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Giuliano Isontina Ospedale di Cattinara, 34149 Trieste, Italy
- Maria Assunta Cova
- Department of Medical, Surgical and Health Sciences, University of Trieste, 34151 Trieste, Italy
- Fiammetta Ventura
- Department of Radiology, IRCCS-INRCA Hospital, 60125 Ancona, Italy
- Luana Regnicolo
- Department of Neuroradiology, University Hospital of Marche, 60126 Ancona, Italy
- Gabriele Polonara
- Department of Specialized Clinical Sciences and Odontostomatology, Polytechnic University of Marche, 60126 Ancona, Italy
- Lucia Uguccioni
- Emodinamica e Cardiologia Interventistica, AST Pesaro Urbino, 61121 Pesaro, Italy
- Alessia Quaranta
- Cardiologia, Distretto Sanitario di Civitanova Marche, AST 3, 62012 Civitanova Marche, Italy
- Liliana Balardi
- Health Professions Area, Diagnostic Technical Area, University Hospital of Marche, 60126 Ancona, Italy
- Alessandro Barbarossa
- Cardiology and Arrhythmology Clinic, Department of Cardiological Sciences, University Hospital of Marche, 60126 Ancona, Italy
- Giulia Stronati
- Cardiology and Arrhythmology Clinic, Department of Cardiological Sciences, University Hospital of Marche, 60126 Ancona, Italy
- Federico Guerra
- Cardiology and Arrhythmology Clinic, Department of Cardiological Sciences, University Hospital of Marche, 60126 Ancona, Italy
- Marcello Chiocchi
- Dipartimento di Biomedicina e Prevenzione, Universiy of Roma Tor Vergata, 00133 Roma, Italy
- Marco Francone
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, via Rita Levi Montalcini 4, 20072 Milan, Italy
- Antonio Esposito
- Experimental Imaging Center, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 60, 20132 Milan, Italy
- Nicolò Schicchi
- Cardiovascular Radiological Diagnostics, Department of Radiological Sciences, University Hospital of Marche, 60126 Ancona, Italy
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina60010070
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 60,
no. 1
p. 70
Abstract
A cardiac lesion detected at ultrasonography might turn out to be a normal structure, a benign tumor or rarely a malignancy, and lesion characterization is very important to appropriately manage the lesion itself. The exact relationship of the mass with coronary arteries and the knowledge of possible concomitant coronary artery disease are necessary preoperative information. Moreover, the increasingly performed coronary CT angiography to evaluate non-invasively coronary artery disease leads to a rising number of incidental findings. Therefore, CT and MRI are frequently performed imaging modalities when echocardiography is deemed insufficient to evaluate a lesion. A brief comprehensive overview about diagnostic radiological imaging and the clinical background of cardiac masses and pseudomasses is reported.
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