Oesophageal–pericardial and atrio-oesophageal fistula complicating a pulmonary vein isolation procedure

A 66-year-old man with a history of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation presented with purulent cardiac tamponade, revealing an atrio-oesophageal fistula. He underwent successful endoscopic management. A few days later, the patient fell into a sudden coma due to multiple cerebral air embolisms...

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Autores principales: Berthoud, Vivien, Chevallier, Olivier, Guinot, Pierre-Grégoire, Fauchier, Laurent, Loffroy, Romaric, Cottin, Yves
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10475398/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37670914
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2023.08.021
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author Berthoud, Vivien
Chevallier, Olivier
Guinot, Pierre-Grégoire
Fauchier, Laurent
Loffroy, Romaric
Cottin, Yves
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description A 66-year-old man with a history of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation presented with purulent cardiac tamponade, revealing an atrio-oesophageal fistula. He underwent successful endoscopic management. A few days later, the patient fell into a sudden coma due to multiple cerebral air embolisms, resulting from a fistula between the esophagus and the right superior pulmonary vein.
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spelling pubmed-104753982023-09-05 Oesophageal–pericardial and atrio-oesophageal fistula complicating a pulmonary vein isolation procedure Berthoud, Vivien Chevallier, Olivier Guinot, Pierre-Grégoire Fauchier, Laurent Loffroy, Romaric Cottin, Yves Radiol Case Rep Case Report A 66-year-old man with a history of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation presented with purulent cardiac tamponade, revealing an atrio-oesophageal fistula. He underwent successful endoscopic management. A few days later, the patient fell into a sudden coma due to multiple cerebral air embolisms, resulting from a fistula between the esophagus and the right superior pulmonary vein. Elsevier 2023-08-26 /pmc/articles/PMC10475398/ /pubmed/37670914 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2023.08.021 Text en © 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of University of Washington. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Guinot, Pierre-Grégoire
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Loffroy, Romaric
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Oesophageal–pericardial and atrio-oesophageal fistula complicating a pulmonary vein isolation procedure
title Oesophageal–pericardial and atrio-oesophageal fistula complicating a pulmonary vein isolation procedure
title_full Oesophageal–pericardial and atrio-oesophageal fistula complicating a pulmonary vein isolation procedure
title_fullStr Oesophageal–pericardial and atrio-oesophageal fistula complicating a pulmonary vein isolation procedure
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title_short Oesophageal–pericardial and atrio-oesophageal fistula complicating a pulmonary vein isolation procedure
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10475398/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37670914
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2023.08.021
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