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Cardiac catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation resulted in a fatal atrio-esophageal fistula in a 64-year-old male, highlighting the second most common complication of this procedure.
Highlights the rare but fatal complication of atrio-esophageal fistula following catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation.
Alerts clinicians to fatal atrio-esophageal fistula risk after AF ablation; leaves open optimal prevention strategies.
Though rare, atrio-esophageal fistula is the second most common complication of cardiac catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation; acute cardiac tamponade being the leading cause [1]. We report a case of a 64-year-old male with AEF after a catheter ablation procedure for AF, that proved to be fatal.
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Ubaid et al. (2022) studied this question. Cardiac catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation resulted in a fatal atrio-esophageal fistula in a 64-year-old male, highlighting the second most common complication of this procedure.
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