Left atrioesophageal fistula following catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation: Off-bypass, primary repair using an extrapericardial approach

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 507-509

  Khandhar, Sandeep ^a   Nitzschke, Stephanie ^a   Ad, Niv ^a  

^a INOVA HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA ARCH; ARTICLE; ATAXIC APHASIA; ATRIOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; BACTEREMIA; BARIUM MEAL; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ESOPHAGUS; FEVER; FISTULA; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEMIPARESIS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; PERICARDIUM; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; STAPLER; STREPTOCOCCUS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SUTURE; THORACOTOMY; TUBE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATHETER ABLATION; ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; ESOPHAGUS; FISTULA; HEART ATRIA; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 74649087260     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.12.036     Document Type: Article

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