Left atrial-esophageal fistula after pulmonary vein isolation: A cautionary tale

Circulation

Volumn 115, Issue 17, 2007, Pages

  D'Avila, Andre ^a   Ptaszek, Leon M ^a   Yu, Paul B ^a   Walker, Jennifer D ^a   Wright, Cameron ^a   Noseworthy, Peter A ^a   Myers, Andrea ^a   Refaat, Marwan ^a   Ruskin, Jeremy N ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOGRAPHY;

ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY VEINS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34247596530     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.680181     Document Type: Article

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