During an atrial fibrillation (pvi) procedure, an esophageal perforation causing sepsis in the patient.The temperature monitoring device was alarming above the manufacturer's recommended high usage suggestions.The patient was admitted 17 days post procedure due to sepsis caused from an esophageal perforation the (sic) likely occurred during the ablation procedure.Per ct: mediastinum and lymphatic, there was pneumomediastinum, with air anterior to the esophagus at the level of the right main pulmonary artery, and expending inferiorly along the posterior margin of the left atrium.It is suspected to arise from esophageal perforation at the level of the mid esophagus.
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