Prevalence and clinical relevance of extra-cardiac findings at cardiac magnetic resonance imaging
JM Sohns, A Schwarz, J Menke, W Staab, JE Spiro, JT Kowallick, C Schulte, O Becker, PA Zwaka, J Lotz, C Unterberg-Buchwald · RöFo - Fortschritte auf dem Gebiet der Röntgenstrahlen und der bildgebenden Verfahren · 2013 · Heft 04
Bibliografische Angaben
Zusammenfassung
Ziele: The aim of this study was to assess the incidence of extra-cardiac findings in patients undergoing clinical cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMRI) of the heart including surrounding structures and to determine the influence of those findings on patient's management. Methode: N = 854 patient studies (median age 58 ± 12 years, male 63%) were included and examined by 1.5 Tesla (T) MR to primarily analyze the cardiac anatomy and secondly the surrounding structures. Extra-cardiac findings were classified as significant (Group A) if they were recommended to additional diagnostics or therapeutical interventio…