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Fatty Images of the Heart: Spectrum of Normal and Pathological Findings by Computed Tomography and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Ectopic cardiac fatty images are not rarely detected incidentally by computed tomography and cardiac magnetic resonance, or by exams focused on the heart as in general thoracic imaging evaluations. A correct interpretation of these findings is essential in order to recognize their normal or patholog...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5818975/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29503824 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/5610347 |
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author | Cannavale, Giuseppe Francone, Marco Galea, Nicola Vullo, Francesco Molisso, Antonio Carbone, Iacopo Catalano, Carlo |
author_facet | Cannavale, Giuseppe Francone, Marco Galea, Nicola Vullo, Francesco Molisso, Antonio Carbone, Iacopo Catalano, Carlo |
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description | Ectopic cardiac fatty images are not rarely detected incidentally by computed tomography and cardiac magnetic resonance, or by exams focused on the heart as in general thoracic imaging evaluations. A correct interpretation of these findings is essential in order to recognize their normal or pathological meaning, focusing on the eventually associated clinical implications. The development of techniques such as computed tomography and cardiac magnetic resonance allowed a detailed detection and evaluation of adipose tissue within the heart. This pictorial review illustrates the most common characteristics of cardiac fatty images by computed tomography and cardiac magnetic resonance, in a spectrum of normal and pathological conditions ranging from physiological adipose images to diseases presenting with cardiac fatty foci. Physiologic intramyocardial adipose tissue may normally be present in healthy adults, being not related to cardiac affections and without any clinical consequence. However cardiac fatty images may also be the expression of various diseases, comprehending arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia, postmyocardial infarction lipomatous metaplasia, dilated cardiomyopathy, and lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum. Fatty neoplasms of the heart as lipoma and liposarcoma are also described. |
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spelling | pubmed-58189752018-03-04 Fatty Images of the Heart: Spectrum of Normal and Pathological Findings by Computed Tomography and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging Cannavale, Giuseppe Francone, Marco Galea, Nicola Vullo, Francesco Molisso, Antonio Carbone, Iacopo Catalano, Carlo Biomed Res Int Review Article Ectopic cardiac fatty images are not rarely detected incidentally by computed tomography and cardiac magnetic resonance, or by exams focused on the heart as in general thoracic imaging evaluations. A correct interpretation of these findings is essential in order to recognize their normal or pathological meaning, focusing on the eventually associated clinical implications. The development of techniques such as computed tomography and cardiac magnetic resonance allowed a detailed detection and evaluation of adipose tissue within the heart. This pictorial review illustrates the most common characteristics of cardiac fatty images by computed tomography and cardiac magnetic resonance, in a spectrum of normal and pathological conditions ranging from physiological adipose images to diseases presenting with cardiac fatty foci. Physiologic intramyocardial adipose tissue may normally be present in healthy adults, being not related to cardiac affections and without any clinical consequence. However cardiac fatty images may also be the expression of various diseases, comprehending arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia, postmyocardial infarction lipomatous metaplasia, dilated cardiomyopathy, and lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum. Fatty neoplasms of the heart as lipoma and liposarcoma are also described. Hindawi 2018-01-09 /pmc/articles/PMC5818975/ /pubmed/29503824 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/5610347 Text en Copyright © 2018 Giuseppe Cannavale et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review Article Cannavale, Giuseppe Francone, Marco Galea, Nicola Vullo, Francesco Molisso, Antonio Carbone, Iacopo Catalano, Carlo Fatty Images of the Heart: Spectrum of Normal and Pathological Findings by Computed Tomography and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
title | Fatty Images of the Heart: Spectrum of Normal and Pathological Findings by Computed Tomography and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
title_full | Fatty Images of the Heart: Spectrum of Normal and Pathological Findings by Computed Tomography and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
title_fullStr | Fatty Images of the Heart: Spectrum of Normal and Pathological Findings by Computed Tomography and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
title_full_unstemmed | Fatty Images of the Heart: Spectrum of Normal and Pathological Findings by Computed Tomography and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
title_short | Fatty Images of the Heart: Spectrum of Normal and Pathological Findings by Computed Tomography and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
title_sort | fatty images of the heart: spectrum of normal and pathological findings by computed tomography and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging |
topic | Review Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5818975/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29503824 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/5610347 |
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