Atrioesophageal fistula after catheter pulmonary venous ablation for atrial fibrillation: Imaging features

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 283-285

  Preis, Ori ^a   Digumarthy, Subba Rao ^a   Wright, Cameron Dorrans ^a   Shepard, Jo Anne O'Malley ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrioesophageal fistula; Pulmonary vein ablation

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5 DEFICIENCY; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ENDOCARDITIS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PULMONARY VEIN; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; FISTULA; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34548207828     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RTI.0b013e318054e26f     Document Type: Article

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