Atrio-esophageal fistula as a complication of percutaneous transcatheter ablation of atrial fibrillation

Circulation

Volumn 109, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 2724-2726

  Pappone, Carlo ^a   Oral, Hakan ^a,c   Santinelli, Vincenzo ^a   Vicedomini, Gabriele ^a   Lang, Christopher C ^a   Manguso, Francesco ^a   Torracca, Lucia ^a   Benussi, Stefano ^a   Alfieri, Ottavio ^a   Hong, Robert ^b   Lau, William ^b   Hirata, Kirk ^b   Shikuma, Neil ^b   Hall, Burr ^c   Morady, Fred ^c  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Arrhythmia; Fistula; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; EMBOLISM; ENDOCARDITIS; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; ESOPHAGUS SURGERY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSCATHETER ABLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN;

ADULT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ENDOCARDITIS; ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; FISTULA; HEART ATRIA; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 2942519274     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000131866.44650.46     Document Type: Article

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