title: Metastasis to the Heart: A Radiologic Approach to Diagnosis With Pathologic Correlation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Evaluating metastatic disease to the heart and pericardium, from detection to diagnosis, often requires a multimodality imaging approach. A radiologist's ability to evaluate cardiac metastases hinges on an understanding of the epidemiology, anatomy, and imaging features of this disease process.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  On surveillance imaging of patients with cancer or when metastatic disease is suspected, detection of metastatic disease may be greatly enhanced by an understanding of which primary tumors metastasize to the heart and the most common routes of spread.
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 4301 Jones Bridge Rd, Bethesda, MD 20814.
authors.forename: John P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Lichtenberger
authors.affiliation: 2 Department of Radiology, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD.
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Reynolds
authors.affiliation: 2 Department of Radiology, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD.
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Keung
authors.affiliation: 2 Department of Radiology, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD.
authors.forename: Elaine
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Keung
authors.affiliation: 3 Department of Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.
authors.forename: Brett W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Carter
keywords: cardiac MRI; cardiac metastasis; radiologic-pathologic correlation