A worldwide survey on incidence, management and prognosis of oesophageal fistula formation following atrial fibrillation catheter ablation: The POTTER-AF study

By sjmartinez • April 17, 2023

Tilz RR, Schmidt V, Pürerfellner H, Maury P, Chun KJ, Martinek M, Sohns C, Schmidt B, Mandel F, Gandjbakhch E, Laredo M, Gunawardene MA, Willems S, Beiert T, Borlich M, Iden L, Füting A, Spittler R, Gaspar T, Richter S, Schade A, Kuniss M, Neumann T, Francke A, Wunderlich C, Shin DI, Grosse Meininghaus D, Foresti M, Bonsels M, Reek D, Wiegand U, Bauer A, Metzner A, Eckardt L, Popescu SȘ, Krahnefeld O, Sticherling C, Kühne M, Nguyen DQ, Roten L, Saguner AM, Linz D, van der Voort P, Mulder BA, Vijgen J, Almorad A, Guenancia C, Fauchier L, Boveda S, De Greef Y, Da Costa A, Jais P, Derval N, Milhem A, Jesel L, Garcia R, Poty H, Khoueiry Z, Seitz J, Laborderie J, Mechulan A, Brigadeau F, Zhao A, Saludas Y, Piot O, Ahluwalia N, Martin C, Chen J, Antolic B, Leventopoulos G, Özcan EE, Yorgun H, Cay S, Yalin K, Botros MS, Mahmoud AT, Jędrzejczyk-Patej E, Inaba O, Okumura K, Ejima K, Khakpour H, Boyle N, Catanzaro JN, Reddy V, Mohanty S, Natale A, Blessberger H, Yang B, Stevens I, Sommer P, Veltmann C, Steven D, Vogler J, Kuck KH, Merino JL, Keelani A, Heeger CH. A worldwide survey on incidence, management and prognosis of oesophageal fistula formation following atrial fibrillation catheter ablation: The POTTER-AF study. Eur Heart J. 2023 Apr 16:ehad250. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehad250. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37062040.

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