Thermal esophageal lesions after radiofrequency catheter ablation of left atrial arrhythmias

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 551-556

  Halm, Ulrich ^a   Gaspar, Thomas ^b   Zachäus, Markus ^a   Sack, Stephan ^a   Arya, Arash ^b   Piorkowski, Christopher ^b   Knigge, Ingrid ^a   Hindricks, Gerhard ^b   Husser, Daniela ^b  

^a Park Hospital Leipzig   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; LIDOCAINE; MIDAZOLAM; PROPOFOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; ESOPHAGUS HEMORRHAGE; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; ESOPHAGUS ULCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART CATHETER; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SEDATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BURNS; CATHETER ABLATION; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TACHYCARDIA, ECTOPIC ATRIAL; TEMPERATURE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77949275782     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2009.625     Document Type: Article

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