Pericardial-esophageal fistula caused by radiofrequency ablation for atrial fibrillation

Eur Heart J. 2023 Feb 14;44(7):628. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehac673.

Authors

Leizhi Ku¹, Youping Chen², Xiaojing Ma³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, Wuhan Asia Heart Hospital, No.753 Jinghan Road, Hankou District, Wuhan 430022, P.R. China.
² Department of Pathology, Wuhan Asia General Hospital, No.300 Taizhihu North Road, Hanyang District, Wuhan 430050, P.R. China.
³ Department of Echocardiography, Wuhan Asia Heart Hospital, No.753 Jinghan Road, Hankou District, Wuhan 430022, P.R. China.

PMID: 36411505
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehac673

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Atrial Fibrillation* / complications
Atrial Fibrillation* / surgery
Catheter Ablation* / adverse effects
Esophageal Fistula* / etiology
Esophageal Fistula* / surgery
Heart Atria / surgery
Humans
Radiofrequency Ablation* / adverse effects