Atrioesophageal Fistula After Atrial Fibrillation Ablation: A Case Report

Atrioesophageal fistula is a rare, potentially fatal complication of atrial fibrillation ablation that is often missed by clinicians. We report the case of a patient who presented with infectious symptoms 4 weeks after undergoing atrial fibrillation ablation. Our case emphasizes that prompt diagnosi...

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Autores principales: Abdelradi, Amr, Moore, Joanna, Sayed, Amr, D’Amico, Timothy, Bakhtiar, Hira
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9764116/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36562007
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cjco.2022.08.009
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author Abdelradi, Amr
Moore, Joanna
Sayed, Amr
D’Amico, Timothy
Bakhtiar, Hira
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description Atrioesophageal fistula is a rare, potentially fatal complication of atrial fibrillation ablation that is often missed by clinicians. We report the case of a patient who presented with infectious symptoms 4 weeks after undergoing atrial fibrillation ablation. Our case emphasizes that prompt diagnosis and surgical intervention are crucial to reduce the high morbidity and mortality rates associated with this highly concerning complication.
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spelling pubmed-97641162022-12-21 Atrioesophageal Fistula After Atrial Fibrillation Ablation: A Case Report Abdelradi, Amr Moore, Joanna Sayed, Amr D’Amico, Timothy Bakhtiar, Hira CJC Open Case Report Atrioesophageal fistula is a rare, potentially fatal complication of atrial fibrillation ablation that is often missed by clinicians. We report the case of a patient who presented with infectious symptoms 4 weeks after undergoing atrial fibrillation ablation. Our case emphasizes that prompt diagnosis and surgical intervention are crucial to reduce the high morbidity and mortality rates associated with this highly concerning complication. Elsevier 2022-08-19 /pmc/articles/PMC9764116/ /pubmed/36562007 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cjco.2022.08.009 Text en © 2022 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Atrioesophageal Fistula After Atrial Fibrillation Ablation: A Case Report
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title_sort atrioesophageal fistula after atrial fibrillation ablation: a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9764116/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cjco.2022.08.009
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