Atrial-esophageal fistula after atrial radiofrequency catheter ablation

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 73-76

  Siegel, Marc O ^a   Parenti, David M ^a   Simon, Gary L ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE;

ADULT; AORTOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENDOCARDITIS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; FISTULA; HEART ATRIA; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77953788093     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/653425     Document Type: Article

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