Incidental and ablation-induced findings during upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in patients after ablation of atrial fibrillation: A retrospective study of 425 patients

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 574-578

  Knopp, H ^a   Halm, U ^b   Lamberts, R ^b   Knigge, I ^b   Zachaus M ^b   Sommer, P ^a   Richter, S ^a   Bollmann, A ^a   Hindricks, G ^a   Husser, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b Park Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Gastric hypomotility; Gastroparesis; Incidental findings; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CATHETER ABLATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DUODENUM ULCER; ERYTHEMA; ESOPHAGEAL ERYTHEMA; ESOPHAGUS CANDIDIASIS; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LEIOMYOMA; LIPOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH ATROPHY; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH LESION; STOMACH PARESIS; STOMACH POLYP; STOMACH TUMOR; THERMAL INJURY; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ESOPHAGITIS; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL BIOPSY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; PATHOLOGY; STOMACH EROSION; THERMAL ESOPHAGEAL LESION; AGED; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; FISTULA; GASTROPARESIS; HEART ATRIUM; HEART DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; FEMALE; FISTULA; GASTROPARESIS; HEART ATRIA; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84896927086     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2014.01.010     Document Type: Article

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