THIS IMAGING VIGNETTE DESCRIBES THE ASSOCIATION OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC FINDINGS WITH clinical course, dividing myxomas on the basis of size (Figure 1), morphology (Figure 2), and location (Figure 3) in 378 patients with complete excision of cardiac myxoma in a single center in our hospital. Large size was associated with cardiac symptoms (p < 0.005), polypoid type was associated with embolic symp...

UNLABELLED OBJECT OR PURPOSE OF STUDY: As the field of view of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) includes the thorax and upper abdomen, it is not surprising that these studies can reveal incidental extra-cardiac abnormalities. The purpose of this study is to determine the prevalence of these incidental findings. MATERIALS, METHODS AND PROCEDURES 132 volunteer participants with a mean a...

OBJECTIVES This study sought to relate imaging findings on positron emission tomography (PET) to adverse cardiac events in patients referred for evaluation of known or suspected cardiac sarcoidosis. BACKGROUND Although cardiac PET is commonly used to evaluate patients with suspected cardiac sarcoidosis, the relationship between PET findings and clinical outcomes has not been reported. METHO...

A wide spectrum of masses can affect the heart, ranging from non-malignant entities, such as thrombi, to aggressive primary cardiac tumors, such as angiosarcomas. Echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging have traditionally formed the mainstay techniques for assessing these lesions. Recent technological advances have seen ECG-gated multi-detector computed tomography (M...

There has been debate in the cardiology literature as to how to handle unexpected noncardiac findings on cardiac computed tomography examinations. From the perspective of a radiologist, all structures on the presented images should be assessed. The interpreter needs to carefully window the findings down to potentially important ones. Then the question becomes what to do next. Cardiologists who ...

AIM This paper is a report of a study of the choices patients make when offered home-based or hospital-based cardiac rehabilitation. BACKGROUND In some countries, patients may be offered a choice of home-based or hospital-based cardiac rehabilitation. While evaluating a home-based programme, Road to Recovery, developed by the British Heart Foundation, we examined patients' experiences of bein...