Background and Aim of the Study An atrioesophageal fistula is a devastating complication of
ablation for atrial fibrillation. For the surgeon facing this dreaded complication, it may be a …

Systemic arterial air embolism (SAAE) is a rare but potentially life-threatening condition that
may occur when air enters into pulmonary veins or directly into the systemic circulation after …

We present detailed analyses of auto-annotated radiofrequency (RF) ablation data from a
pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) procedure that was performed using widely accepted …

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

OBJECTIVES Atrio-oesophageal fistula is a rare but serious complication of radiofrequency
catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation. Therapeutic options are surgery, oesophageal stenting …

This article describes 2 patients who presented to our institution with left atrial esophageal
fistula after atrial fibrillation ablation; it also compares our experience with other atrial …

Background To assess occurrence of a histologically validated measure of transmural (TM)
atrial ablation—pure R unipolar electrogram (UE) morphology change—at first‐ablated left …

Objectives Contact force-sensing catheters allow real-time catheter-tissue contact force
monitoring during atrial fibrillation. These catheters were rapidly adopted into clinical …

Background An atrio-esophageal fistula is an exceedingly rare but devastating complication
of atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation procedures. Delays to diagnosis and definitive treatment …

Background Due to the anatomically adjacent relationship between the left atrium (LA) and
esophagus, energy delivery on the posterior wall of LA is limited. The aim of this study was …