Incidental Extracardiac Findings and Their Characterization on Cardiac MRI

Table 3

Frequency of incidental extracardiac findings at cardiac magnetic resonance imaging.

Mild or no clinical significance		Possible clinical significance		Clinically significant
Simple renal	31	Pleural effusion	9	Mediastinal lymphadenopathy/	6
Hepatic cyst	24	Thyroid goitre	6	Lung nodule/mass	3
Hiatal hernia	8	Gallbladder lithiasis	5	Aortic coarctation	2
Liver haemangioma	8	Airspace disease	4	Breast nodule	1
Thyroid nodule < 1 cm	7	Splenomegaly	2	Complex renal	1
Pleural thickening	3	Hydronephrosis	2	Hepatic mass	1
Paraspinal cyst	2	Adrenal nodule	1	Solid renal mass	1
Splenic cyst	1
Total	87		29		15
Recommendation
No further work-up is necessary		Further work-up is recommended depending on specific clinical scenario		Further diagnostic work-up is mandatory