Transverse shifting of the esophagus according to the patient's position helped achieve a safe and successful pulmonary vein isolation procedure

Heart and Vessels

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 317-319

  Ejima, Koichiro ^a   Shoda, Morio ^a   Futagawa, Keisuke ^a   Kimura, Ryusuke ^a   Manaka, Tetsuyuki ^a   Hagiwara, Nobuhisa ^a   Kasanuki, Hiroshi ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrio esophageal fistula; Catheter ablation; Esophagogram; Pulmonary vein isolation

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BUPRENORPHINE; DIATRIZOATE; PROPOFOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT POSITIONING; PATIENT SAFETY; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; SEDATION; STOMACH ANTRUM; SUPINE POSITION; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; ESOPHAGUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBOGRAPHY; POSTURE; PULMONARY VEINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68249152210     PISSN: 09108327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00380-008-1122-1     Document Type: Article

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