ArticleBioMed research international2017
Incidental Extracardiac Findings and Their Characterization on Cardiac MRI.
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- Opportunistic screening of extracardiac disorders during a standard transthoracic echocardiography.The international journal of cardiovascular imaging · 2026Article
- Practical approach to extracardiac findings in CT and MR for the non-radiologist.Pediatric radiology · 2025Review
- Extracardiac Findings on Cardiac Magnetic Resonance: A Children's Hospital Experience.Pediatric cardiology · 2023Article
- Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia incidentally detected on coronary CT angiogram: a do-not-miss diagnosis.Emergency radiology · 2020Article
- Incidentalomas in Spine and Spinal Cord Imaging.Clinical neuroradiology · 2019Review
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Abstract
backgroundCardiac magnetic resonance imaging (cMRI) has recently emerged as a new noninvasive imaging modality that offers superior structural and functional assessment of the heart. cMRI benefits from a large field of view but, consequently, may capture incidental extracardiac findings (IEFs). We aimed to evaluate the frequency and significance of IEFs reported from clinically indicated cMRI scans.
methods742 consecutive patients (402 males and 340 females) referred to the Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Center of our University Hospital between January 2015 and December 2016 for clinically indicated cMRI were retrospectively enrolled for the evaluation of IEF prevalence and relevance. The median age of the subjects was 51 years (range: 5-85 years).
resultsA significant number of patients who underwent cMRI had incidental and clinically significant IEFs (2% of the population, 11.4% of cases). cMRI allowed a correct diagnosis in 116/131 cases with a diagnostic accuracy value of 88.5%.
conclusionsIEFs on cMRI are not uncommon and lesions with mild or no clinical significance represent the most frequent findings. cMRI can characterize incidental findings with high accuracy in most cases.
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