| Literature DB >> 24703427 |
Raymond Kawasaki1, Andre Gauri, Darryl Elmouchi, Manoj Duggal, Adarsh Bhan.
Abstract
Although atrioesophageal fistula (AEF) formation is a well known, albeit rare, catastrophic complication of atrial fibrillation radiofrequency ablation procedures, there are less data regarding this complication using the cryoballoon technique. We report on 3 cases of AEF as a complication of cryoballoon pulmonary vein isolation at 3 different institutions with 2 different generations of cryoballoons.Entities:
Keywords: atrioesophageal fistula; cryoablation; cryoballoon; paroxysmal atrial fibrillation; pulmonary vein isolation
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Year: 2014 PMID: 24703427 DOI: 10.1111/jce.12426
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol ISSN: 1045-3873