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Case Reports
. 2014 Jul;25(7):787-92.
doi: 10.1111/jce.12426. Epub 2014 May 2.

Atrioesophageal fistula complicating cryoballoon pulmonary vein isolation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Raymond Kawasaki  1 , Andre Gauri, Darryl Elmouchi, Manoj Duggal, Adarsh Bhan
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Atrioesophageal fistula complicating cryoballoon pulmonary vein isolation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Raymond Kawasaki et al. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2014 Jul.

Abstract

Although atrioesophageal fistula (AEF) formation is a well known, albeit rare, catastrophic complication of atrial fibrillation radiofrequency ablation procedures, there are less data regarding this complication using the cryoballoon technique. We report on 3 cases of AEF as a complication of cryoballoon pulmonary vein isolation at 3 different institutions with 2 different generations of cryoballoons.

Keywords: atrioesophageal fistula; cryoablation; cryoballoon; paroxysmal atrial fibrillation; pulmonary vein isolation.

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