This commentary refers to 'A worldwide survey on incidence, management, and prognosis of
oesophageal fistula formation following atrial fibrillation catheter ablation: the POTTER-AF …

Catheter ablation is an effective and increasingly common procedure used for the treatment
of symptomatic atrial fibrillation (AF). Pulmonary vein isolation (PVI), which includes ablation …

Background—It is common practice to empirically limit the radiofrequency (RF) power when
ablating the posterior left atrium during atrial fibrillation ablation to avoid thermal injury to the …

Aims Atrial-oesophageal fistula is a serious complication related to ablation of atrial
fibrillation. As its occurrence is rare, there is a great lack of information about their …

Background and objective Atrioesophageal fistula (AEF) is a rare but devastating
complication with high mortality post atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation. The purpose of current …

Background—Radiofrequency catheter ablation is increasingly used in the treatment of atrial
fibrillation. Esophageal wall changes varying from erythema to ulcers have been described …

Introduction Ablation index (AI), a novel parameter defining energy application at single
ablation lesions, calculated by integration of ablation time, energy, catheter stability, and …

Introduction Esophageal injury is one of the most serious complications of pulmonary vein
isolation (PVI) with thermic energy sources. Better tissue selectivity of primarily non‐thermic …

Background—Left atrioesophageal fistula is a rare but devastating complication that may
occur after catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation. We used capsule endoscopy to assess …

Introduction: A left atrioesophageal fistula is an uncommon but devastating complication that
may occur during atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation, and may be due to thermal injury occurring …