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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003;126:1661-1662
© 2003 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

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Esophageal perforation during left atrial radiofrequency ablation: is the risk too high?

A. Marc Gillinov, MDa, Patrick M. McCarthy, MDa, Gosta Pettersson, MDa, Bruce W. Lytle, MDa, Thomas W. Rice, MDa

a The Center for Atrial Fibrillation, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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To the Editor:

The recent article by Doll and colleagues documents a 1% incidence of esophageal perforation with intraoperative radiofrequency ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF).1 This observation serves as an important word of caution as we increase the application of surgical ablation and design minimally invasive procedures to treat AF. In our exploration of new approaches to cure AF, we must first follow the edict "do no harm." Although AF is an undesirable and dangerous . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2003 126: 1662. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]



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