Atrioesophageal Fistula: A Rare but Dangerous Complication From Catheter Ablation

Atrioesophageal fistula is a rare complication of catheter ablation. It can be discovered on computerized topography of the chest. It is a difficulty entity to diagnose and treat and carries a mortality between 67% and 100%. Management options include surgical repair and esophageal stenting. We repo...

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Autores principales: Ventre, Scott, Dellatore, Peter, Patel, Anish Vinit
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10686608/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38033617
http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.0000000000001209
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description Atrioesophageal fistula is a rare complication of catheter ablation. It can be discovered on computerized topography of the chest. It is a difficulty entity to diagnose and treat and carries a mortality between 67% and 100%. Management options include surgical repair and esophageal stenting. We report here a rare case of an atrioesophageal fistula that presented with massive upper gastrointestinal bleeding and hemiparalysis.
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spelling pubmed-106866082023-11-30 Atrioesophageal Fistula: A Rare but Dangerous Complication From Catheter Ablation Ventre, Scott Dellatore, Peter Patel, Anish Vinit ACG Case Rep J Case Report Atrioesophageal fistula is a rare complication of catheter ablation. It can be discovered on computerized topography of the chest. It is a difficulty entity to diagnose and treat and carries a mortality between 67% and 100%. Management options include surgical repair and esophageal stenting. We report here a rare case of an atrioesophageal fistula that presented with massive upper gastrointestinal bleeding and hemiparalysis. Wolters Kluwer 2023-11-29 /pmc/articles/PMC10686608/ /pubmed/38033617 http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.0000000000001209 Text en © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of The American College of Gastroenterology. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CCBY) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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