Comprehensive noninvasive evaluation of left atrial myxomas using cardiac cine-computed tomography.
This report describes the first clinical experience with ultrafast (cine) computed tomography for evaluating intracardiac masses. Two patients had a left atrial myxoma that was comprehensively described (size, location, site of attachment and relation to the mitral valve) preoperatively by cine-computed tomography. The information content of the studies exceeded that of two-dimensional echocardiography, and both patients were operated on without invasive cardiac catheterization. This early experience with a new minimally invasive high temporal and spatial resolution technology suggests that cine-computed tomography may be uniquely suited for precise evaluation of intraatrial masses.
D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009040:Motion Pictures; D009232:Myxoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed