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Table 4 Comparison of echocardiographic parameters between malignant tumor and benign tumor

From: The usefulness of contrast echocardiography in the evaluation of cardiac masses: a multicenter study

 

Benign tumor (n = 66)

Malignant tumor (n = 30)

P value

Area, mean (SD), mm

1,253.26 (659.25)

1,812.43 (713.59)

< 0.001

Echogenicity

   

 Uniform

34

3

< 0.001

 Non-uniform

32

27

 

Boundary

  

< 0.001

 Well-demarcated

49

10

 

 Not well-demarcated

17

20

 

Base

  

< 0.001

 Narrow with peduncle

28

4

 

 Narrow with notch

20

3

 

 Broad

18

23

 

Mass perfusion

  

0.045

 Mild perfusion

42

12

 

 Intense Perfusion

24

18

 

Motility

  

0.011

 Absent

37

25

 

 Present

29

5

 

Pericardial effusion

  

0.253

 Absent

39

22

 

 Present

27

8

 

Enhancement A1/A2, median (IQR)

1.07 (0.64–1.17)

1.48 (0.77–2.08)

< 0.001

  1. CI, confidence interval; IQR, interquartile range; OR, odds ratio; SD, standard deviation
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