Asymptomatic esophageal perforation following high-power short-duration pulmonary vein isolation-A case of conservative cure

Dirk Grosse Meininghaus; Robert Freund; Anton Kushnir; Britta Koerber; J Christoph Geller; Tobias Kleemann

doi:10.1016/j.hrcr.2022.07.005

Asymptomatic esophageal perforation following high-power short-duration pulmonary vein isolation-A case of conservative cure

HeartRhythm Case Rep. 2022 Jul 13;8(10):661-665. doi: 10.1016/j.hrcr.2022.07.005. eCollection 2022 Oct.

Authors

Dirk Grosse Meininghaus¹, Robert Freund², Anton Kushnir³, Britta Koerber¹, J Christoph Geller^{4

5}, Tobias Kleemann⁶

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Carl-Thiem-Hospital Cottbus, Cottbus, Germany.
² Thiem Research, Carl-Thiem-Hospital Cottbus, Cottbus, Germany.
³ Department of Radiology, Carl-Thiem-Hospital Cottbus, Cottbus, Germany.
⁴ Division of Cardiology, Arrhythmia Section, Zentralklinik Bad Berka, Bad Berka, Germany.
⁵ Otto-von-Guericke University School of Medicine Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany.
⁶ Department of Gastroenterology, Carl-Thiem-Hospital Cottbus, Cottbus, Germany.

No abstract available

Keywords: Atrial fibrillation; Atrioesophageal fistula; Endoscopy; Esophageal injury; Esophageal perforation; High-power short-duration; Pulmonary vein isolation; Temperature monitoring.

Publication types

Case Reports