Time course of esophageal lesions after catheter ablation with cryothermal and radiofrequency ablation: Implication for atrio-esophageal fistula formation after catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 642-646

  Ripley, Kenneth Lauren ^a   Gage, Andrew A ^b   Olsen, Don B ^c   Van Vleet, John F ^d   Lau, Chu Pak ^e   Tse, Hung Fat ^e  

^a CryoCor Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c Utah Artificial Heart Institute   (United States)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cryoablation; Esophageal fistula; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CATTLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOABLATION; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTRODE; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS ULCER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CATTLE; CRYOSURGERY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; HEART ATRIA; HEART INJURIES; MALE; NECROSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34249298673     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2007.00790.x     Document Type: Article

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