A Rare Complication of Cardiac Ablation: Atrial-esophageal Fistula Presenting as Odynophagia

Radiofrequency catheter ablation has been commonly used for the treatment of drug-refractory atrial fibrillation. The esophageal injury along with the development of atrial-esophageal fistula (AE fistula) is fairly rare but is a devastating complication of catheter ablation. Described in 2004 for th...

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Autores principales: Khan, Muzammil, Rashid, Mamoon Ur, Zafar, Hammad, Ullah, Waqas, Khan, Abu H
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
Materias:
Cardiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7053677/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32181101
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.6871

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7053677/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32181101
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.6871

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