Esophageal luminal temperature measurement underestimates esophageal tissue temperature during radiofrequency ablation within the canine left atrium: Comparison between 8 mm tip and open irrigation catheters

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 641-644

  Cummings, Jennifer E ^a   Barrett, Conor D ^a   Litwak, Kenneth N ^a   Di Biase, Luigi ^a   Chowdhury, Punam ^a   Oh, Seil ^a   Ching, Chi Keong ^a   Saliba, Walid I ^a   Schweikert, Robert A ^a   Burkhardt, J David ^a   De Marco, Shari ^a   Armaganijan, Luciana ^a   Natale, Andrea ^b,c,d  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b TEXAS CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrioesophageal fistula; Catheter ablation; Complications; Esophagus; Pulmonary vein isolation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ESOPHAGUS; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; NONHUMAN; OPEN IRRIGATED TIP CATHETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY TEMPERATURE; CATHETER ABLATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; ESOPHAGUS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; IRRIGATION; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THERMOMETERS;

EID: 45149095735     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2008.01130.x     Document Type: Article

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