Global survey of esophageal and gastric injury in Atrial fibrillation ablation: Incidence, time to presentation, and outcomes

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 65, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 1377-1378

  Barbhaiya, Chirag R ^a   Kumar, Saurabh ^a   John, Roy M ^a   Tedrow, Usha B ^a   Koplan, Bruce A ^a   Epstein, Laurence M ^a   Stevenson, William G ^a   Michaud, Gregory F ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; ESOPHAGUS ULCER; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LETTER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH INJURY; STOMACH MOTILITY; STOMACH PARESIS; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION; ESOPHAGUS; HEALTH SURVEY; INJURIES; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; STOMACH; TIME; ULCER;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION; ESOPHAGUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STOMACH; TIME FACTORS; ULCER;

EID: 84933053029     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2014.12.053     Document Type: Letter

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