Computed tomography: a new method for diagnosing tumor of the heart. | Zendy

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Computed tomography: a new method for diagnosing tumor of the heart.

Author(s) -

J. David Godwin,

Leon Axel,

Jennifer R. Adams,

N.B. Schiller,

Paul Simpson,

Edward W. Gertz

Publication year - 1981

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/01.cir.63.2.448

Subject(s) - medicine , angiocardiography , cardiac tumors , radiology , metastasis , computed tomography , tomography , heart neoplasms , cardiac cycle , computed tomographic , nuclear medicine , cardiology , cancer

An unsuspected metastasis of liposarcoma of the heart was detected on a computed tomographic (CT) examination of the chest. Further CT study with i.v. contrast administration gave excellent delineation of the tumor. Compared with two-dimensional echocardiography and angiocardiography, CT was best at showing the myocardial and intrapericardial extension of the tumor, but did not show movement of the tumor during the cardiac cycle. CT is a useful noninvasive method for evaluating cardiac metastasis. Its advantages and disadvantages with respect to echocardiography and angiocardiography are discussed.

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