Atrioesophageal fistula after epicardial ablation for atrial fibrillation Tijs Bringmans, MD, Anton Verrijcken, MD, Mark La Meir, MD, PhD, Filip Rega,

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Atrioesophageal fistula after epicardial ablation for atrial fibrillation Tijs Bringmans, MD, Anton Verrijcken, MD, Mark La Meir, MD, PhD, Filip Rega, MD, PhD The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Volume 155, Issue 1, Pages e19-e21 (January 2018) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2017.08.069 Copyright © 2017 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 Computed tomographic image demonstrates the platinum left atrial (LA) marker band (asterisk) of the atrial septal occluder (arrowhead) in the left atrial lumen. RA, Right atrium. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2018 155, e19-e21DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2017.08.069) Copyright © 2017 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

Autopsy shows spacing of fistula orifice (arrow) and atrial septal occluder (asterisk). The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2018 155, e19-e21DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2017.08.069) Copyright © 2017 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

Video 1 A similar thoracoscopic ablation procedure for atrial fibrillation is shown. The video illustrates the isolation of the pulmonary veins with the use of the AtriCure Coolrail Linear Pen and the AtriCure Synergy Isolator Clamps (AtriCure, Inc, Mason, Ohio). Video available at: http://www.jtcvsonline.org/article/S0022-5223(17)31831-7/fulltext. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2018 155, e19-e21DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2017.08.069) Copyright © 2017 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions