Left atrial myxoma development after radiofrequency ablation of an atrial flutter substrate

Editorial: Incidental tumor or ablation-promoted oncogenesis?

“…Therefore, radiofrequency delivery and the mechanical trauma appear to be unrelated to the development of cardiac myxoma of left-sided atrial septum in this case. The locations of myxoma and ablation sites were not correspondent in 3 of 6 published case reports [6] .…”

“…The case report in the current issue demonstrated cardiac myxoma at the left interatrial septum after atrial flutter (AFL) ablation [6] . Interestingly, cardiac myxoma already has been reported to develop after catheter ablation in 6 case reports [6] . The time to diagnosis of myxoma after ablation ranged from 3 months to 6 years.…”