A worldwide survey on incidence, management and prognosis of oesophageal fistula formation following atrial fibrillation catheter ablation: The POTTER-AF study.
Roland Richard TilzVanessa SchmidtHelmut PürerfellnerPhilippe MauryKr Julian ChunMartin MartinekChristian SohnsBoris SchmidtFranck MandelEstelle GandjbakhchMikael LaredoMelanie Anuscha GunawardeneStephan WillemsThomas BeiertMartin BorlichLeon IdenAnna FütingRaphael SpittlerThomas GasparSergio RichterAnja SchadeMalte KunissThomas NeumannAlexander FranckeCarsten WunderlichDong-In ShinDirk Grosse MeininghausMike ForestiMarc BonselsDavid ReekUwe WiegandAlexander BauerAndreas MetznerLars EckardtSorin Ștefan PopescuOlaf KrahnefeldChristian SticherlingMichael KühneDinh Quang NguyenLaurent RotenArdan M SagunerDominik LinzPepijn van der VoortBart A MulderJohan VijgenAlexandre AlmoradCharles GuenanciaLaurent FauchierSerge BovedaY De GreefAntoine Da CostaPierre JaisNicolas DervalAntoine MilhemLaurence JeselRodrigue GarciaHervé PotyZiad KhoueiryJulien SeitzJulien LaborderieAlexis MechulanFrancois BrigadeauAlexandre ZhaoYannick SaludasOlivier PiotNikhil AhluwaliaClaire MartinJian ChenBor AntolicGeorgios LeventopoulosEmin Evren ÖzcanHikmet YorgunSerkan ÇayKivanc YalinMaichel Sobhy BotrosAhmed Taher MahmoudEwa Jędrzejczyk-PatejOsamu InabaKen OkumuraKoichiro EjimaHouman KhakpourNoel BoyleJ N CatanzaroVivek ReddySanghamitra MohantySanghamitra MohantyHermann BlessbergerBing YangIrene StevensPhilipp SommerChristian VeltmannDaniel StevenJulia VoglerKarl-Heinz KuckJosé Luis MerinoAhmad KeelaniChristian Hendrik HeegerPublished in: European heart journal (2023)
Oesophageal fistula after catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation is rare and occurs mostly with the use of radiofrequency energy rather than cryoenergy. Mortality without surgical or endoscopic intervention is exceedingly high.
Keyphrases
- catheter ablation
- atrial fibrillation
- left atrial
- left atrial appendage
- oral anticoagulants
- direct oral anticoagulants
- risk factors
- randomized controlled trial
- heart failure
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- cardiovascular events
- cross sectional
- ultrasound guided
- acute coronary syndrome
- venous thromboembolism
- left ventricular