Differentiation of Malignant and Benign Cardiac Tumors Using <sup>18</sup>F-FDG PET/CT

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Authors

Kambiz Rahbar · FH Münster

Harald Seifarth · FH Münster

Michael Schäfers

Lars Stegger · University of Münster

A. Hoffmeier · FH Münster

Tilmann Spieker · University of Münster

Klaus Tiemann · University of Münster

David Maintz

Abstract

(18)F-FDG PET/CT can aid the noninvasive preoperative determination of malignancy and may be helpful in detecting metastases of malignant cardiac tumors.

Topics & Keywords

Cardiac tumors and thrombi Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volume 53, Issue 6, pp. 856-863

DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.111.095364

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