Use of oral gadobenate dimeglumine to visualise the oesophagus during magnetic resonance angiography in patients with atrial fibrillation prior to catheter ablation

BACKGROUND: Atrio-oesophageal fistula was first reported as a fatal complication of surgical endocardial and percutaneous endocardial radiofrequency ablation for atrial fibrillation, with an incidence after catheter ablation between 0.03% and 0.5%. Magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) was usually pe...

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Main Authors: Faletti, Riccardo, Rapellino, Alessandro, Barisone, Francesca, Anselmino, Matteo, Ferraris, Federico, Fonio, Paolo, Gaita, Fiorenzo, Gandini, Giovanni
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2014
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4071331/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24927953
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1532-429X-16-41
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