A case of mediastinitis after radiofrequency ablation for Barrett's esophagus

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1407-1408

  Yoon, Sonia S ^a   Rivera, Rene ^a   Antignano, Louis ^b   Kaul, Vivek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Highland Hospital Rochester   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; LACTIC ACID; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ABLATION THERAPY; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FEVER; HUMAN; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RIGOR; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX PAIN; THORAX SURGERY;

AGED; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CATHETER ABLATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 82755177969     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: 10976779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2011.08.005     Document Type: Article

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