Delayed esophago-pericardial fistula after ablation for atrial fibrillation

American Surgeon

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Halbreiner, Michael S ^a   Sun, Edward ^a   Asheld, John ^a   Buscaglia, Jonathan M ^a   Nagula, Satish ^a   McLarty, Allison J ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; CARDIOVERSION; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; ESOPHAGOPERICARDIAL FISTULA; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDITIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; STENT; THORACOTOMY; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; ESOPHAGUS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL EMPHYSEMA; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PNEUMOPERICARDIUM;

EID: 84857621543     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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