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Two-Stage Surgery of Atrioesophageal Fistula After Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation: Case Report and Literature Review [PDF]

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Atrioesophageal Fistula is a rare complication after radiofrequency catheter ablation. In this article, we report a case of atrioesophageal fistula, confirmed by a Chest computed tomography scan and treated by two-stage surgical repair.
Ting Fang
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Risk of Atrioesophageal Fistula With Cryoballoon Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation [PDF]

Heart Rhythm O2, 2020
Background: Although there are considerable data on the safety of cryoablation, data on the rare but severe complication of atrioesophageal fistula (AEF) following cryoballoon ablation are limited. Objective: To report the global, user-reported incidence
Jayanthi Koneru, Kenneth Ellenbogen, Jonathan Paul Piccini   +2 more
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Case Report: Fatal Atrioesophageal Fistula Following Atrial Fibrillation Ablation—Critical Reflections on Prevention [PDF]

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is an important therapeutic modality for atrial fibrillation (AF), widely utilized in clinical practice due to its safety and significant efficacy.
Kuixin Fan, Jingfeng Zhang
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Atrioesophageal Fistula After Atrial Fibrillation Ablation: A Case ReportNovel Teaching Points [PDF]

CJC Open, 2022
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 ...
Amr Abdelradi, MD, Joanna Moore, MD, Amr Sayed, MD, Timothy D’Amico, DO, Hira Bakhtiar, MD   +4 more
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Suspected atrioesophageal fistula complicated by coronary air embolism after catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation: direct angiographic visualization and catheter aspiration in a case report [PDF]

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
Atrioesophageal fistula is a rare but fatal complication of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation(AF). It may present with infection, dysphagia or other swallowing-related symptoms, neurologic events, and systemic air embolism; coronary air embolism ...
Chao Yang, Xiaobin Zeng, Shihai Wang, Chaoju Wang, Jianjun Lan, Yahong Wen, Zaiyong Zheng   +6 more
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Surgical management of atrioesophageal fistula after catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: A French nationwide studyCentral MessagePerspective [PDF]

JTCVS Open
Objective: The study objective was to assess the efficacity of different surgical strategies for atrioesophageal fistula after catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation.
Ludovic Dupautet, MD, Guillaume Lebreton, MD, PhD, Gabriel Saiydoun, MD, Thierry Bourguignon, MD, PhD, Sébastien Frey, MD, Christophe Beaufreton, MD, PhD, Géraud Galvaing, MD, MSc, Sébastien Cambier, MD, MSc, Marc Filaire, MD, PhD, Laura Filaire, MD, MSc   +9 more
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Transthoracic echocardiography-monitored CO2-insufflation esophageal endoscopy for diagnosis of Atrioesophageal fistula and prevention of iatrogenic air embolism: a case report [PDF]

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2020
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.
Bing Rong, Xiquan Zhang, Hui Tian, Hongyu Zhang, Ning Zhong, Jingquan Zhong   +5 more
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Atrioesophageal fistula after atrial fibrillation ablation: a single-center experience with multicenter comparisons [PDF]

BMC Surgery
Background Atrioesophageal fistula (AEF) is a rare yet highly lethal complication after radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFCA) for atrial fibrillation (AF).
Lin Guo, Songlei Ou, Shaoyan Zhang, Dong Li, Lin Liang, Bin You   +5 more
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Atrioesophageal fistula—A focus on preventing a devastating complication [PDF]

JTCVS Techniques, 2022
Christopher Joseph, BA, Jose Nazari, MD, Mark Metzl, MD   +2 more
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Atrioesophageal fistula from percutaneous ablation for atrial fibrillationCentral Message [PDF]

JTCVS Techniques, 2021
Lloyd M. Felmly, MD, Barry C. Gibney, DO
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