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JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY
Volume 25, Issue 7, Pages 787-792Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1111/jce.12426
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atrioesophageal fistula; cryoablation; cryoballoon; paroxysmal atrial fibrillation; pulmonary vein isolation
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Atrioesophageal Fistula Complicating Cryoballoon Pulmonary. 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.
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