Influence of proton pump inhibitors on the incidence and clinical course of oesophageal fistula following catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation: a subanalysis of the POTTER-AF study

Thomas Beiert; Vincent Knappe; Andreas Zietzer; Vanessa Schmidt; Helmut Pürerfellner; Philipp Sommer; Christian Sohns; Christian Veltmann; Daniel Steven; Kyoung Ryul Julian Chun; Philippe Maury; Estelle Gandjbakhch; Mikael Laredo; Stephan Willems; Martin Borlich; Anna Füting; Raphael Spittler; Sergio Richter; Anja Schade; Malte Kuniss; Carsten Wunderlich; Dong In Shin; Dirk Grosse Meininghaus; Marc Bonsels; David Reek; Uwe Wiegand; Alexander Bauer; Andreas Metzner; Lars Eckardt; Olaf Krahnefeld; Christian Sticherling; Michael Kühne; Dinh Quang Nguyen; Laurent Roten; Dominik Linz; Pepijn van der Voort; Bart A. Mulder; Johan Vijgen; Alexandre Almorad; Charles Guenancia; Laurent Fauchier; Serge Boveda; Yves De Greef; Antoine Da Costa; Pierre Jais; Antoine Milhem; Laurence Jesel; Rodrigue Garcia; Hervé Poty; Ziad Khoueiry; Et al.

doi:10.1093/europace/euaf212

Influence of proton pump inhibitors on the incidence and clinical course of oesophageal fistula following catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation: a subanalysis of the POTTER-AF study

Thomas Beiert^*
, Vincent Knappe
, Andreas Zietzer
, Vanessa Schmidt
, Helmut Pürerfellner
, Philipp Sommer
, Christian Sohns
, Christian Veltmann
, Daniel Steven
, Kyoung Ryul Julian Chun
, Philippe Maury
, Estelle Gandjbakhch
, Mikael Laredo
, Stephan Willems
, Martin Borlich
, Anna Füting
, Raphael Spittler
, Sergio Richter
, Anja Schade
, Malte Kuniss

Carsten Wunderlich, Dong In Shin, Dirk Grosse Meininghaus, Marc Bonsels, David Reek, Uwe Wiegand, Alexander Bauer, Andreas Metzner, Lars Eckardt, Olaf Krahnefeld, Christian Sticherling, Michael Kühne, Dinh Quang Nguyen, Laurent Roten, Dominik Linz, Pepijn van der Voort, Bart A. Mulder, Johan Vijgen, Alexandre Almorad, Charles Guenancia, Laurent Fauchier, Serge Boveda, Yves De Greef, Antoine Da Costa, Pierre Jais, Antoine Milhem, Laurence Jesel, Rodrigue Garcia, Hervé Poty, Ziad Khoueiry, Et al.

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Original language	English
Article number	euaf212
Journal	EP Europace
Volume	27
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euaf212
Publication status	Published - 7 Oct 2025

Keywords

Atrial fibrillation
Catheter ablation
Oesophageal fistula
Proton pump inhibitor

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Beiert, T., Knappe, V., Zietzer, A., Schmidt, V., Pürerfellner, H., Sommer, P., Sohns, C., Veltmann, C., Steven, D., Chun, K. R. J., Maury, P., Gandjbakhch, E., Laredo, M., Willems, S., Borlich, M., Füting, A., Spittler, R., Richter, S., Schade, A., ... Et al. (2025). Influence of proton pump inhibitors on the incidence and clinical course of oesophageal fistula following catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation: a subanalysis of the POTTER-AF study. EP Europace, 27(10), Article euaf212. https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euaf212

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Influence of proton pump inhibitors on the incidence and clinical course of oesophageal fistula following catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation: a subanalysis of the POTTER-AF study. / Beiert, Thomas; Knappe, Vincent; Zietzer, Andreas et al.
In: EP Europace, Vol. 27, No. 10, euaf212, 07.10.2025.

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