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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Cureus
2020
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| 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 |