CT radiographic findings: Atrio-esophageal fistula after transcatheter percutaneous ablation of atrial fibrillation

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 188-191

  Malamis, Angelo P ^a   Kirshenbaum, Kevin J ^a   Nadimpalli, Surya ^a  

^a ADVOCATE ILLINOIS MASONIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ESOPHAGUS SURGERY; FISTULA; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PULMONARY VEIN; SEPSIS; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; FATAL OUTCOME; FATIGUE; FISTULA; HEART ATRIA; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RARE DISEASES; SEPSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34249882724     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rti.0000213569.63538.30     Document Type: Article

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