Primary malignant cardiac tumors are rare tumors of the heart with a very poor prognosis. Complete excision is the treatment of choice, but it is dependent on the stage and extension of the tumor. We describe an old man with the initial presenting symptoms of progressive dyspnea. ... read more

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Myxomas are the most common primary cardiac tumors. They are mostly located in the left atrium, but 15% to 20% of them arise from the right atrium (RA). We herein describe a 22-year-old man with a giant RA mass and simultaneous pulmonary embolism. The mass was detected ... read more

Obtaining accurate left ventricular (LV) endocardium segmentation requires the exclusion of the papillary muscles from the cardiac wall, which is a significant, albeit challenging, step in cardiac image analysis. Most medical imaging systems suffer from noise in that it affects the processing procedure. We herein introduce a ... read more

Pericardial cysts are rare abnormalities of the mediastinum and generally have a benign course. Patients are mostly asymptomatic, and diagnosis is established incidentally in a majority of cases. The management of this asymptomatic population is also controversial.We report a huge pericardial cyst, located at the right cardiophrenic ... read more

Endomyocardial biopsy (EMB) is currently the method of choice for the definite diagnosis of acute allograft heart rejection after transplantation. But, it is somewhat invasive and expensive and, on occasion, gives rise to serious complications. To find a non-invasive method for the identification of acute allograft rejection, ... read more