Background Percutaneous or surgical ablation are increasingly used worldwide in the
management of atrial fibrillation. The development of atrioesophageal fistula (AEF) is among the …

… Principal outcomes of interest were clinical history (signs and symptoms at onset and during
hospitalization), diagnostic workup, treatment strategy, and survival outcome. The full list of …

… , and treatment outcomes of all reported cases of AEF. … The prevalence and risk factors for
atrioesophageal fistula after … for atrial fibrillation: atrio-esophageal fistula. Ann Thorac Surg…

… English and a retrospective analysis of cases at our institution to understand the presentation,
diagnostic method, and treatment outcomes of patients who had left atrial-to- esophageal …

… 63.16%, with worse nonsurgical treatment outcomes compared with outcomes of surgical
treatment (94.19% vs. … Our analysis supports that surgical treatment reduces the mortality rate. …

… A total of 9 patients with documented atrioesophageal fistula complicating AF-ablation
were included in this study. Three patients had paroxysmal AF and the remaining patients had …

… Immediate surgery after onset of symptoms might help prevent fatalities and other serious
outcomes such as air and food embolism. The surgical technique usually involves a combined …

Catheter ablation of atrial ablation (AF) has become an important therapy in recent years. As
with all evolving techniques, unexpected complication may occur. Atrioesophageal fistula is …

… or non-surgically treated. Thus, the total mortality rate of all cases reviewed was 55 .4%,
making atrioesophageal fistula a rare, but grave outcome post atrial fibrillation ablation. …

… diagnosis and urgent surgical intervention, the outcome is often fatal. We present 3 cases
of atrio-esophageal fistula following percutaneous catheter radiofrequency ablation (RFA). …