Right atrial mass following transcatheter radiofrequency ablation for recurrent atrial fibrillation: thrombus, endocarditis or mixoma?

Submitted: January 21, 2016
Accepted: January 21, 2016
Published: January 21, 2016
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We report a case of an asymptomatic patient in whom a right atrial mass was fortuitously documented by echocardiography few months after a transcatheter radiofrequency catheter ablation for recurrent AF. No masses were seen in the cardiac chambers before the ablative procedure, raising important diagnostic and decision-making issues. The patient was referred to the surgeon and a diagnosis of right atrial myxoma was made.

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Ancona, Roberta, Salvatore Comenale Pinto, Pio Caso, Vito Di Palma, Francesca Pisacane, Alfonso Roberto Martiniello, Cesare Quarto, Nicla De Rosa, Carlo Pisacane, and Raffaele Calabrò. 2016. “Right Atrial Mass Following Transcatheter Radiofrequency Ablation for Recurrent Atrial Fibrillation: Thrombus, Endocarditis or Mixoma?”. Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease 72 (1). https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2009.343.