Outcomes of atrioesophageal fistula following catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation treated with surgical repair versus esophageal stenting

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 579-584

  Mohanty, Sanghamitra ^a,b   Santangeli, Pasquale ^a,c   Mohanty, Prasant ^a   Biase, Luigi Di ^a,c,d,e   Trivedi, Chintan ^a   Bai, Rong ^a,f   Horton, Rodney ^a   Burkhardt, J David ^a   Sanchez, Javier E ^a   Zagrodzky, Jason ^a   Bailey, Shane ^a   Gallinghouse, Joseph G ^a   Hranitzky, Patrick M ^a   Sun, Albert Y ^g   Hongo, Richard ^h   Beheiry, Salwa ^h   Natale, Andrea ^a,d,h,i,j,k  

^a TEXAS CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^d The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^e ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g DUKE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j SCRIPPS CLINIC   (United States)

^k CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; atrioesophageal fistul; esophageal stent; radiofrequency catheter ablation; surgical repair of fistula

Indexed keywords

PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; SUCRALFATE;

ABLATION CATHETER; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CATHETER ABLATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; EPICARDIUM; ESOPHAGEAL STENT; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEPTIC SHOCK; SURVIVAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; HEART ATRIUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STENT;

ADULT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; COHORT STUDIES; ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84901983010     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jce.12386     Document Type: Article

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