Prevention of Atrioesophageal Fistula After Catheter Ablation: If the Esophagus Cannot Stand the Heat (Cold), Can It Be Moved to the Sidelines?

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¹ Cardiac Arrhythmia Service, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Electronic address: oralh@umich.edu.
² Cardiac Arrhythmia Service, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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Hakan Oral et al. JACC Clin Electrophysiol. 2017 Oct.

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. 2017 Oct;3(10):1155-1157.

doi: 10.1016/j.jacep.2017.06.009. Epub 2017 Aug 30.

¹ Cardiac Arrhythmia Service, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Electronic address: oralh@umich.edu.
² Cardiac Arrhythmia Service, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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Keywords: atrioesophageal fistula; catheter ablation; esophageal deviation; esophageal protection.

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