Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation Elicited “Jackhammer Esophagus”: A New Complication Due to Vagal Nerve Stimulation?

Radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFCA) is a potentially curative method for treatment of highly symptomatic and drug-refractory atrial fibrillation (AF). However, this technique can provoke esophageal and nerve lesion, due to thermal injury. To our knowledge, there have been no reported cases of a...

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Autores principales: Tolone, Salvatore, Savarino, Edoardo, Docimo, Ludovico
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Society of Neurogastroenterology and Motility 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4622144/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26351090
http://dx.doi.org/10.5056/jnm15034

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4622144/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26351090
http://dx.doi.org/10.5056/jnm15034

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