Survival of a Patient with an Esophagopericardial Fistula After Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation: A Case Report and Literature Review

Esophageal injury leading to esophagopericardial fistula (EPF) or atrioesophageal fistula is a very rare and dreaded complication of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation that carries a high mortality rate. We present a case of EPF following radiofrequency catheter ablation for atrial fibrillati...

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Autores principales: Veseli, Granit, Iwai, Sei, Jacobson, Jason T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MediaSphere Medical 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7244171/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32461814
http://dx.doi.org/10.19102/icrm.2020.110503
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description Esophageal injury leading to esophagopericardial fistula (EPF) or atrioesophageal fistula is a very rare and dreaded complication of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation that carries a high mortality rate. We present a case of EPF following radiofrequency catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation and an extensive review of the literature regarding catheter ablation–related esophageal injury.
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spelling pubmed-72441712020-05-26 Survival of a Patient with an Esophagopericardial Fistula After Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation: A Case Report and Literature Review Veseli, Granit Iwai, Sei Jacobson, Jason T. J Innov Card Rhythm Manag Case Report Esophageal injury leading to esophagopericardial fistula (EPF) or atrioesophageal fistula is a very rare and dreaded complication of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation that carries a high mortality rate. We present a case of EPF following radiofrequency catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation and an extensive review of the literature regarding catheter ablation–related esophageal injury. MediaSphere Medical 2020-05-15 /pmc/articles/PMC7244171/ /pubmed/32461814 http://dx.doi.org/10.19102/icrm.2020.110503 Text en Copyright: © 2020 Innovations in Cardiac Rhythm Management http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title Survival of a Patient with an Esophagopericardial Fistula After Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_full Survival of a Patient with an Esophagopericardial Fistula After Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_fullStr Survival of a Patient with an Esophagopericardial Fistula After Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_full_unstemmed Survival of a Patient with an Esophagopericardial Fistula After Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_short Survival of a Patient with an Esophagopericardial Fistula After Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_sort survival of a patient with an esophagopericardial fistula after catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation: a case report and literature review
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http://dx.doi.org/10.19102/icrm.2020.110503
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