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Moving Air in the Esophagus During Cryoballoon Ablation

A 56-year-old male patient underwent cryoballoon ablation for symptomatic paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. Massive air movement reminiscent of an air esophagram was detected during cryoballoon application in the right superior pulmonary vein. In this case report, we sought to consider all possible ex...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Aksu, Tolga, Guler, Tumer E., Bozyel, Serdar, Yalin, Kivanc
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MediaSphere Medical 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7252733/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32477743
http://dx.doi.org/10.19102/icrm.2019.100807
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Sumario:A 56-year-old male patient underwent cryoballoon ablation for symptomatic paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. Massive air movement reminiscent of an air esophagram was detected during cryoballoon application in the right superior pulmonary vein. In this case report, we sought to consider all possible explanations of this finding.