Multimodality Imaging in Right Heart Tumors: A Practical Algorithm towards an Appropriate Diagnosis
Mariana Floria,
Alexandru Burlacu,
Paula Cristina Morariu
et al.
Abstract:Right heart masses are usually suspected during a routine examination by transthoracic echocardiography or due to cardiac symptoms. Although very important, sometimes it may be a challenge to differentiate between normal structures (variants) and aberrant or pathologic masses regarding the right heart cardiac tumors. In the last entity, the majority of primary cardiac tumors in adults and children are benign; however, they may have a malignant counterpart. Right heart tumors might involve not only the walls (m… Show more
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