Atrioesophageal fistula after surgical unipolar radiofrequency atrial ablation for atrial fibrillation

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Tan, Corinne ^a   Coffey, Arthur ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; AIR EMBOLISM; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; BLOOD CULTURE; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART SURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAZE PROCEDURE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SEIZURE; SURGICAL RISK; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; FISTULA; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84874591360     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.08.066     Document Type: Article

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