Damage to the esophagus after atrial fibrillation ablation just the tip of the iceberg? high prevalence of mediastinal changes diagnosed by endosonography

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 155-159

  Zellerhoff, Stephan ^a   Ullerich, Hansjörg ^a   Lenze, Frank ^a   Meister, Tobias ^a   Wasmer, Kristina ^a   Mönnig, Gerold ^a   Köbe, Julia ^a   Milberg, Peter ^a   Bittner, Alex ^a   Domschke, Wolfram ^a   Breithardt, Günter ^a,b   Eckardt, Lars ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b German Atrial Fibrillation Competence NETwork ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Endosonography; Esophageal injury; Fistula; Mediastinal injury

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOCARDIUM; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; STATISTICS; ULCER;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; ULCER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951884938     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.109.915918     Document Type: Article

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