Atrial‐Esophageal Fistula after Atrial Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation | Zendy

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Atrial‐Esophageal Fistula after Atrial Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation

Author(s) -

Marc Siegel,

David M. Parenti,

Gary L. Simon

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/653425

Subject(s) - medicine , complication , radiofrequency ablation , fistula , catheter ablation , catheter , bacteremia , ablation , surgery , cardiology , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology

Atrial-esophageal fistula is a rare but often fatal complication of catheter radiofrequency ablation. Patients occasionally have bacteremia and have been misdiagnosed with endocarditis. Infectious diseases specialists are often consulted and need to be aware of this complication. We report a case of atrial-esophageal fistula after radiofrequency ablation that illustrates the salient features of this illness.

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