A fatal complication due to radiofrequency ablation for atrial fibrillation: atrio-esophageal fistula
- 1 July 2003
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Elsevier BV in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
- Vol. 76 (1), 281-283
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0003-4975(03)00006-7
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