Gastrointestinal complications associated with catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation

L Garg, J Garg, N Gupta, N Shah… - International journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Atrial fibrillation is the most common arrhythmia in the United States. With the ageing
population, the incidence and prevalence of atrial fibrillation are on the rise. Catheter …

Global survey of esophageal injury in atrial fibrillation ablation: characteristics and outcomes of esophageal perforation and fistula

CR Barbhaiya, S Kumar, Y Guo, J Zhong… - JACC: Clinical …, 2016 - jacc.org
Objectives: This study sought to assess the incidence, operator demographics, clinical
characteristics, procedural factors, and prognosis of esophageal perforation and fistula after …

Ablation therapy for left atrial autonomic modification

L Malcolme-Lawes, BC Sandler, MB Sikkel… - Autonomic …, 2016 - Elsevier
The autonomic nervous system is implicated in the multifactorial pathogenesis of atrial
fibrillation (AF) but few studies have attempted neural targeting for therapeutic intervention …

[PDF][PDF] Complications oesogastriques de la thermoablation dans le cadre de la fibrillation auriculaire

P Gast, JP LOLY, P LECLERCQ, E Louis - Revue Médicale Suisse, 2016 - revmed.ch
Atrial-esophageal fistula (AOF) after ablation in atrial fibrillation has a fatal outcome. Fully
documented in 2004, AOF has never completely disappeared despite technological …

[PDF][PDF] Global Survey of Esophageal Injury in Atrial Fibrillation Ablation

RM John, UB Tedrow, BA Koplan, LM Epstein - 2016 - academia.edu
Global Survey of Esophageal Injury in Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Page 1 Global Survey of
Esophageal Injury in Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Characteristics and Outcomes of …