Transthoracic echocardiography-monitored CO(2)-insufflation esophageal endoscopy for diagnosis of Atrioesophageal fistula and prevention of iatrogenic air embolism: a case report

BACKGROUND: Atrioesophageal fistula (AEF) is the most fatal complication associated with catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation and cannot be easily detected when thoracic contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) is normal. CASE PRESENTATION: In this report, we described a diagnostic tool for d...

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Autores principales: Rong, Bing, Zhang, Xiquan, Tian, Hui, Zhang, Hongyu, Zhong, Ning, Zhong, Jingquan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7216549/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32397961
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12872-020-01503-3

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7216549/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32397961
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12872-020-01503-3

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