title: [Atrio-oesophageal fistula after radiofrequency ablation: predominant neurological symptoms].
abstract: A 58-year-old man was admitted to our hospital for septic shock and meningitis. He had undergone, three weeks earlier, a radiofrequency ablation for drug-refractory atrial fibrillation. A polymicrobian septicemy suggested a digestive etiology. A CT scan suggested an atrio-oesophageal fistula with cerebral and renal emboli. The patient deceased from brain death. The diagnosis of atrio-oesophageal fistula was confirmed by autopsy.
authors.affiliation: Service de réanimation polyvalente, centre hospitalier de Saintes, B.P. 326, 17108 Saintes cedex, France. ouchikhe-a@ch-saintes.fr
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ouchikhe
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Maindivide
authors.forename: J-L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Le Bivic
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Roux
authors.forename: J-F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Vincent
mesh_terms: D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000628:therapy*; D001344:Autopsy; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004937:Esophageal Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011846:Radio Waves; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic