Additional value of CMR parametric mapping in tissue characterization of common benign pediatric cardiac tumors.

Paolo CilibertiVeronica BordonaroDavide CurioneAlessio PerazzoloPaolo CiancarellaTeresa SantangeloCarmela NapolitanoLuigi NataleLorenzo Galletti Aurelio Secinaro

Published in: European heart journal. Cardiovascular Imaging (2024)

Mass mapping analysis is feasible and reproducible in children. ECV values provide the most accurate differentiation. Mass ECV consistently resembles normal myocardium in rhabdomyoma, is extremely high (approaching 100%) in fibroma, equals to zero in lipoma, and matches blood pool ECV (1-Hct) in hemangioma.

Keyphrases

high resolution
high density
young adults
left ventricular
heart failure
mass spectrometry
signaling pathway
cell death
data analysis