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Review Questions

1) Which of the following is not a characteristic of atrial myxoma?

Usually located in left atrium
 Takes up gadolinium contrast media
 Lower signal than blood pool on gradient echo
 Always same signal as myocardium on spin echo
 Attached to myocardium

2) Which of the following about cardiac thrombi is incorrect?

Acute thrombi have a higher signal than chronic thrombi on gradient echo imaging
 Chronic thrombi are darker than myocardium on gradient echo imaging
 Thrombi are brighter than the surrounding blood pool with gradient echo imaging
 Cardiac thrombi do not take up gadolinium contrast media
 Cardiac thrombi are associated with areas of myocardial akinesis

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