The incidence of oesophageal fistula formation after AF/AT ablation is extremely low at 0.025%, providing reassuring safety data for the procedure.
Putting fear into perspective: very low OF incidence in the POTTER-AF International Multi-centre Registry: 138 out of 553 729 AF/AT ablation procedures = 0.025% or 2.5/10 000.
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