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World J Cardiol. Nov 26, 2021; 13(11): 628-649
Published online Nov 26, 2021. doi: 10.4330/wjc.v13.i11.628
Published online Nov 26, 2021. doi: 10.4330/wjc.v13.i11.628
Cardiovascular magnetic resonance of cardiac tumors and masses
Marco Gatti, Andrea Carisio, Davide Tore, Riccardo Faletti, Radiology Unit, Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Turin, Turin 10126, Italy
Tommaso D’Angelo, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Morphological and Functional Imaging, “G. Martino” University Hospital Messina, Messina 98100, Italy
Giuseppe Muscogiuri, Department of Radiology, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, San Luca Hospital, Milan 20149, Italy
Serena Dell'aversana, Department of Radiology, S. Maria Delle Grazie Hospital, Pozzuoli 80078, Italy
Alessandro Andreis, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, Turin 10126, Italy
Fatemeh Darvizeh, School of Medicine, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan 20121, Italy
Gianluca Pontone, Department of Cardiovascular Imaging, Centro Cardiologico Monzino, IRCCS, Milan 20138, Italy
Author contributions: Gatti M was involved in conception and design of the study; Gatti M, D’Angelo T, Dell’Aversana S, Muscogiuri G, Andreis A, Carisio A and Tore D were involved in literature review, analysis and writing of the original draft; Darvizeh F was involved in writing of the original draft; Pontone G took part in supervision of the study; Faletti R took part in supervision of the study and is the guarantor of the study; All authors worked together to editing, reviewing and final approval of article.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All authors have declared no conflicts of interest.
Corresponding author: Marco Gatti, MD, Research Fellow, Radiology Unit, Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Turin, Via Genova 3, Turin 10126, Italy.
Received: March 18, 2021
Peer-review started: March 18, 2021
First decision: July 8, 2021
Revised: July 19, 2021
Accepted: October 27, 2021
Article in press: October 27, 2021
Published online: November 26, 2021
Processing time: 251 Days and 8.1 Hours
Peer-review started: March 18, 2021
First decision: July 8, 2021
Revised: July 19, 2021
Accepted: October 27, 2021
Article in press: October 27, 2021
Published online: November 26, 2021
Processing time: 251 Days and 8.1 Hours
Core Tip
Core Tip: Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) allows an optimal non-invasive localization of cardiac masses by providing multiplanar information on its relation to the surrounding structures. Moreover, CMR can be highly effective to distinguish pseudomasses from masses as well as benign from malignant masses. Although histopathological assessment sometimes has an important role to make a definitive diagnosis, CMR is a key modality in the diagnosis of suspected cardiac masses with a great impact on patient management.