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lüll Complications in the catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: incidence and management Takahashi A; Kuwahara T; Takahashi YCirc J 2009[Feb]; 73 (2): 221-6Radiofrequency catheter ablation is widely performed as an effective treatment for recurrent, drug-resistant atrial fibrillation (AF). Recently, various types of ablation strategies, such as extensive encircling pulmonary vein (PV) isolation, linear ablation and complex fractionated electrogram-guided ablation, have been used to achieve a high efficacy for all types of AF. However, several complications (thromboembolic events, PV stenosis and atrio-esophageal fistula etc) with an incidence of 3.9-6%, have been reported. It is important to understand the incidence, prevention and management of complications in order to develop safe ablation strategies.|Atrial Fibrillation/*surgery[MESH]|Catheter Ablation/*adverse effects[MESH]|Esophageal Fistula/etiology/therapy[MESH]|Humans[MESH]|Incidence[MESH]|Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease/etiology/therapy[MESH]|Thromboembolism/etiology/therapy[MESH] |