Surgical repair of an esophageal perforation after radiofrequency catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation

Recent reports have described the incidence of atrioesophageal fistulas (AEF), often resulting in death, from radiofrequency (RF) catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF).(1) Cases of esophageal perforation without concomitant AEF have not been described as extensively.(1) The precise mechanism...

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Autores principales: Badertscher, Patrick, Delko, Tarik, Oertli, Daniel, Reuthebuch, Oliver, Schurr, Ulrich, Pradella, Maurice, Kühne, Michael, Sticherling, Christian, Osswald, Stefan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6531635/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30685314
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ipej.2019.01.004

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6531635/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30685314
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ipej.2019.01.004

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