UTILITY OF AN ESOPHAGEAL SCREENING PROTOCOL IN PREVENTING ATRIO-ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA AFTER ATRIAL FIBRILLATION ABLATION

Background: Atrioesophageal fistula is a well-recognized complication of catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF) with a reported incidence of 0.015-0.2%. Careful screening with Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and Esophagogastroduodenosopy (EGD) may help avoid this potentially lethal