Table 1.

Relative strength of different imaging modalities in evaluating certain characteristics of cardiac masses

Modality Strength Tissue	ECHO Temporal resolution; motion patterns, small structures	CMR Tissue characterization (edema, fat, infiltration, fibrosis and LGE)	CT Temporal resolution; fat, calcium, foreign body
Fat	++	++++	+++
Calcium	+++	+	++++
Thrombus	++	++++	+++
Mobile mass	++++	++	++
Foreign body	+++	+	+++
Extra-cardiac extent	+	+++	++++

CMR, cardiac magnetic resonance; CT, computed tomography; ECHO, echocardiography; LGE, late gadolinium enhancement.