Ablating the Posterior Heart: Cardioesophageal Fistula Complicating Radiofrequency Ablation in the Coronary Sinus

Mahmut Fatih Güneş; Yalçin Gökoʇlan; Luigi Di Biase; Carola Gianni; Sanghamitra Mohanty; Rodney Horton; Shane Bailey; Andrea Natale

doi:10.1111/jce.12831

Ablating the Posterior Heart: Cardioesophageal Fistula Complicating Radiofrequency Ablation in the Coronary Sinus

Mahmut Fatih Güneş, Yalçin Gökoʇlan, Luigi Di Biase, Carola Gianni, Sanghamitra Mohanty, Rodney Horton, Shane Bailey, Andrea Natale

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Abstract

Ablating the Posterior Heart Cardioesophageal fistulas (CEFs) are uncommon but life-threatening complications of radiofrequency (RF) catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF). They are usually, but not exclusively, related to ablation of the left atrial posterior wall. We report a case of a 73-year-old man that presented with CEF following RF ablation in the coronary sinus, highlighting the importance of esophageal temperature monitoring whenever ablating in the posterior heart.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1376-1378
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology
Volume	26
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/jce.12831
State	Published - Dec 1 2015

Keywords

atrial fibrillation
atrioesophageal fistula
catheter ablation
coronary sinus
esophagopericardial fistula

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Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Physiology (medical)

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