Global Survey of Esophageal Injury in Atrial Fibrillation Ablation: Characteristics and Outcomes of Esophageal Perforation and Fistula

JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 143-150

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

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; atrial esophageal fistula; catheter ablation; esophageal perforation

Indexed keywords

ABLATION CATHETER; ADULT; AGED; ANONYMISED DATA; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY MASS; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84963716591     PISSN: 2405500X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacep.2015.10.013     Document Type: Article

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