Atrio-oesophageal fistula following atrial fibrillation ablation procedure: diagnosis with cardiac CT.

Dive, Florence;Le Polain De Waroux, Jean-Benoît;Pierard, Sophie;Colin, Geoffrey
(2018) Intensive care medicine — Vol. 44, n° 9, p. 1565-1567 (2018)

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  • Dive, Florenceorcid-logoUCLouvain
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  • Le Polain De Waroux, Jean-Benoîtorcid-logoUCLouvain
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  • Pierard, SophieUCLouvain
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  • Colin, GeoffreyUCLouvain
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Abstract
(en) A 74-year-old woman had an atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation procedure. Three weeks later, she presented with sepsis and paresis of the left upper limb. Initial chest computed tomography (CT) was inconclusive (Fig. 1a, b). Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed acute multiple embolic cerebral infarcts (Fig. 1c, d). An atrio-oesophageal fistula (AOF) was suspected. ECG-gated CT was performed (Fig. 1e, f), confirming the diagnosis.[...]
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Dive, F., Le Polain De Waroux, J.-B., Pierard, S., & Colin, G. (2018). Atrio-oesophageal fistula following atrial fibrillation ablation procedure: diagnosis with cardiac CT. Intensive care medicine, 44(9), 1565-1567. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-018-5130-z (Original work published 2018)