Atrial fibrillation ablation using remote magnetic navigation and the risk of atrial-esophageal fistula: international multicenter experience

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 169-174

  Danon, Asaf ^a,b   Shurrab, Mohammed ^a   Nair, Krishnakumar Mohanan ^a   Latcu, Decebal Gabriel ^c   Arruda, Mauricio S ^d   Chen, Xu ^e   Szili Torok, Tamas ^f   Rossvol, Ole ^g   Wissner, Eric E ^h   Lashevsky, Ilan ^a   Crystal, Eugene ^a  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER PRINCESSE GRACE   (Monaco)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^e Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^f ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^h DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial esophageal fistula; Remote magnetic navigation; Stereotaxis; Survey

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ABLATION THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATRIAL ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; FLOW RATE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACARDIAC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MEDICAL PROCEDURES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMOTE MAGNETIC NAVIGATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; DEVICES; ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; HEART ATRIUM; INCIDENCE; MAGNETISM; MULTICENTER STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STEREOTACTIC PROCEDURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MAGNETICS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84933673117     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-015-0003-7     Document Type: Article

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