Open AccessRole of Multimodal Cardiac Imaging in Diagnosing a Primary Intimal Sarcoma of the Left Atrial Appendage
Author(s) -
Kara L. Raphael,
Anthony Martinez,
Stephen D. Clements,
Ijeoma Isiadinso
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
texas heart institute journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.373
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1526-6702
pISSN - 0730-2347
DOI - 10.14503/thij-16-5896
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiac tumors , appendage , magnetic resonance imaging , radiology , cardiac magnetic resonance imaging , sarcoma , atrial appendage , cardiac magnetic resonance , cardiac imaging , cardiology , pathology , anatomy , atrial fibrillation , sinus rhythm
Primary cardiac tumors are rare, and most are benign. Intimal sarcomas are among the rarest of the malignant cardiac tumors; they are aggressive and associated with a poor prognosis. Whereas transesophageal echocardiography has been instrumental in evaluating cardiac masses, other imaging methods, such as cardiac magnetic resonance, have proved invaluable in accurately characterizing these masses. We present the case of a 49-year-old woman in whom we diagnosed a primary intimal sarcoma of the left atrial appendage, and we discuss the importance of multimodal imaging in the evaluation and diagnosis of cardiac masses.