The prevalence and risk factors for atrioesophageal fistula after percutaneous radiofrequency catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation: the Canadian experience

2012 HRS/EHRA/ECAS Expert Consensus Statement on Catheter and Surgical Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation: Recommendations for Patient Selection, Procedural Techniques, Patient Management and Follow-up, Definitions, Endpoints, and Research Trial Design: A report of the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) Task Force on Catheter and Surgical Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation. Developed in partnership with the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA), a registered branch of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society (ECAS); and in collaboration with the American College of Cardiology (ACC), American Heart Association (AHA), the Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society (APHRS), and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS). Endorsed by the governing bodies of the American College of Cardiology Foundation, the American Heart Association, the European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society, the European Heart Rhythm Association, the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, the Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society, and the Heart Rhythm Society

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A Delayed Case of Fatal Atrioesophageal Fistula Following Radiofrequency Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation

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Pneumopericardium Following Radiofrequency Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation: Insights into the Natural History of Atrial Esophageal Fistula Formation

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Esophageal Fistula Formation Despite Esophageal Monitoring and Low-Power Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation

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Esophageal Capsule Endoscopy After Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation

(2009) Luigi Di Biase et al.   Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Updated Worldwide Survey on the Methods, Efficacy, and Safety of Catheter Ablation for Human Atrial Fibrillation

(2009) Riccardo Cappato et al.   Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Prevalence and Causes of Fatal Outcome in Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation

(2009) Riccardo Cappato et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

A nationwide survey on the prevalence of atrioesophageal fistula after left atrial radiofrequency catheter ablation

(2008) Kasturi K. Ghia et al.   JOURNAL OF INTERVENTIONAL CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY