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From: Imaging myocardial carcinoid with T2-STIR CMR

Figure 1

(RV Mass). Sections A and B use the (T2-STIR) sequence to image the right ventricular (RV) free-wall mass. Section A shows the bright signal of the RV mass (arrow) in the short-axis plane of the RV and the left ventricle (LV). Section B shows the distinctly bright signal of the sharply-bordered RV mass (arrow) that measures 9 mm in diameter in the four-chamber plane. Sections C and D are single frames obtained using a gradient echo cine (GRE Cine) sequence to image chamber size, valvular structure and wall motion; general cardiac anatomy and function. Section C shows the RV mass (arrow) and the absence of LV wall thickening at this mid-LV short-axis imaging plane. The basal LV is not imaged here. Section D shows that the RV mass (arrow) is not as distinctly outlined by this GRE Cine sequence as it is using the same four-chamber imaging plane and the T2-STIR sequence. This GRE Cine sequence demonstrates the left atrial enlargement, but this four-chamber plane is not appropriate for imaging the basal inferior LV mass.

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