Clinical outcomes after repair of left atrial esophageal fistulas occurring after atrial fibrillation ablation procedures

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1591-1597

  Singh, Sheldon M ^a   D'Avila, Andre ^b   Singh, Steve K ^c   Stelzer, Paul ^b   Saad, Eduardo B ^d   Skanes, Allan ^e   Aryana, Arash ^f   Chinitz, Jason S ^b   Kulina, Robert ^b   Miller, Marc A ^b   Reddy, Vivek Y ^b  

^a Schulich Heart Centre   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d HOSPITAL PRÓ CARDÍACO   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^f Regional Cardiology Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Atrial fibrillation; Cardiothoracic surgery; Complication; Esophageal injury; Fistula

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CATHETER ABLATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOABLATION; DISEASE COURSE; ESOPHAGEAL STENT; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; ESOPHAGUS HEMORRHAGE; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; ESOPHAGUS SURGERY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HUMAN; LEFT ATRIAL ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MEDLINE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADVERSE EVENTS; AF; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY; COMPLICATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CPB; CT; EGD; ESOPHAGEAL INJURY; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FISTULA; LA; LAEF; LEFT ATRIAL ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; LEFT ATRIUM/ATRIAL; PEG; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; TEE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAM;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATHETER ABLATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; FISTULA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84887008799     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2013.08.012     Document Type: Article

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