Esophageal acid levels after pulmonary vein isolation for atrial fibrillation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 32, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Nölker, Georg ^a   Ritscher, Guido ^a   Gutleben, Klaus Jürgen ^a   Marschang, Harald ^a   Schmidt, Martin ^a   Rittger, Harald ^a   Mayer, Dirk ^a   Marrouche, Nassir ^b   Brachmann, Johannes ^a   Sinha, Anil Martin ^a  

^a KLINIKUM COBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Esophageal acid level; Esophageal lesions; Gastric acid level; Gastric pH metry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHEMA; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; ESOPHAGUS PH; ESOPHAGUS ULCER; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SCORING SYSTEM; STOMACH PH;

ACIDS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS;

EID: 60849096093     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2008.02292.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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