Movement of the esophagus during left atrial catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2107-2110

  Good, Eric ^a   Oral, Hakan ^a,b   Lemola, Kristina ^a   Han, Jihn ^a   Tamirisa, Kamala ^a   Igic, Petar ^a   Elmouchi, Darryl ^a   Tschopp, David ^a   Reich, Scott ^a   Chugh, Aman ^a   Bogun, Frank ^a   Pelosi Jr , Frank ^a   Morady, Fred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b F1310 MCHC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONSCIOUSNESS; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FISTULA; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIA; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT;

EID: 28244462488     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.08.042     Document Type: Article

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