Predictors of Favorable Neurological Outcomes Following Atrioesophageal Fistula After Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation: A Subanalysis of the POTTER-AF Study

Kohei Ukita; Sorin Stefan Popescu; Vanessa Schmidt; Helmut Purerfellner; Philipp Sommer; Christian Sohns; Christian Veltmann; Daniel Steven; K. R. Julian Chun; Philippe Maury; Estelle Gandjbakhch; Stephan Willems; Thomas Beiert; Leon Iden; Anna Futing; 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 Kuhne; 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; Herve Poty; Ziad Khoueiry; Julien Seitz; Et al.

doi:10.1161/CIRCEP.125.014579

Predictors of Favorable Neurological Outcomes Following Atrioesophageal Fistula After Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation: A Subanalysis of the POTTER-AF Study

Kohei Ukita^*
, Sorin Stefan Popescu
, Vanessa Schmidt
, Helmut Purerfellner
, Philipp Sommer
, Christian Sohns
, Christian Veltmann
, Daniel Steven
, K. R. Julian Chun
, Philippe Maury
, Estelle Gandjbakhch
, Stephan Willems
, Thomas Beiert
, Leon Iden
, Anna Futing
, 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 Kuhne, 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, Herve Poty, Ziad Khoueiry, Julien Seitz, Et al.

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Original language	English
Article number	e014579
Number of pages	4
Journal	Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology
Volume	19
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCEP.125.014579
Publication status	Published - 1 Mar 2026

Keywords

atrial fibrillation
catheter ablation
fistula
incidence
pulmonary vein

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Ukita, K., Popescu, S. S., Schmidt, V., Purerfellner, H., Sommer, P., Sohns, C., Veltmann, C., Steven, D., Chun, K. R. J., Maury, P., Gandjbakhch, E., Willems, S., Beiert, T., Iden, L., Futing, A., Spittler, R., Richter, S., Schade, A., Kuniss, M., ... Et al. (2026). Predictors of Favorable Neurological Outcomes Following Atrioesophageal Fistula After Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation: A Subanalysis of the POTTER-AF Study. Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, 19(3), Article e014579. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCEP.125.014579

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Predictors of Favorable Neurological Outcomes Following Atrioesophageal Fistula After Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation: A Subanalysis of the POTTER-AF Study. / Ukita, Kohei; Popescu, Sorin Stefan; Schmidt, Vanessa et al.
In: Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, Vol. 19, No. 3, e014579, 01.03.2026.

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