Cardiac tumor is still considered as the one of the most difficult conditions in cardiology in terms of diagnosis and treatment. The atrial myxoma is a common primary benign cardiac tumor presenting in adults.1 The diagnosis of cardiac tumor always relies on the clinical examination and results obtained from the imaging tools used. This article selects the atrial myxoma as a learning model to demonstrate the assessment of the cardiac tumor when using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) with the different techniques including the tissue characterization method which has already been established as a key diagnostic method for the diagnosis of cardiac tumor and mass.
cardiac tumor, atrial myxoma, tissue characterization, MRI
10.31524/bkkmedj.2015.09.009