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Internal and Emergency Medicine
Published in: Internal and Emergency Medicine 5/2017

01-08-2017 | CE - MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION

Iatrogenic cerebral air embolism revealing an atrial-esophageal fistula

Authors: Fabien Wuestenberghs, Nathalie Pirson, Pierre Bulpa, Caroline Fervaille, Alain Dive

Published in: Internal and Emergency Medicine | Issue 5/2017

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A 69-year-old man was admitted with sepsis and stroke. Thirty days prior to admission, he had undergone percutaneous radiofrequency ablation (RFA) for atrial fibrillation (AF) in another hospital. Due to sinus-atrial node disease, an internal pacemaker was inserted after the procedure. He was anticoagulated with acenocoumarol, and had a slightly supra therapeutic international normalized ratio (INR) documented recently. …
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Metadata
Title
Iatrogenic cerebral air embolism revealing an atrial-esophageal fistula
Authors
Fabien Wuestenberghs
Nathalie Pirson
Pierre Bulpa
Caroline Fervaille
Alain Dive
Publication date
01-08-2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
Internal and Emergency Medicine / Issue 5/2017
Print ISSN: 1828-0447
Electronic ISSN: 1970-9366
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-016-1561-0

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