title: In an era of multimodality cardiac imaging, echocardiography remains the gold standard for the evaluation of valvular and periprosthetic masses.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Herston, QLD, Australia luis.sushil@mayo.edu.
authors.forename: Sushil A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Luis
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
authors.forename: Patricia A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Pellikka
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
authors.forename: Crystal R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Bonnichsen
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
authors.forename: Sunil V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Mankad
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
authors.forename: Sorin V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Pislaru
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D014262:Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014694:Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*