title: Cardiac neoplasms and pseudotumors: imaging findings on multidetector CT angiography.
abstract: A wide spectrum of masses can affect the heart, ranging from non-malignant     entities, such as thrombi, to aggressive primary cardiac tumors, such as     angiosarcomas. Echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging have     traditionally formed the mainstay techniques for assessing these lesions. Recent     technological advances have seen ECG-gated multi-detector computed tomography     (MDCT) emerge as a valuable complimentary technique for assessing a suspected     cardiac mass because it provides high spatial resolution, fast acquisition     times, and the ability to definitively characterize fat and calcification. This     article reviews the MDCT features of the spectrum of cardiac neoplasms and     pseudotumors and describes important diagnostic criteria.
authors: Department of Cardiovascular Radiology, Heart of England NHS Trust, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK. edwardhoey1@googlemail.com
authors: Edward
authors: E
authors: Hoey
authors: Arul
authors: A
authors: Ganeshan
authors: Kurdow
authors: K
authors: Nader
authors: Kiran
authors: K
authors: Randhawa
authors: Richard
authors: R
authors: Watkin
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography / Q000379:methods; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed