Fatal end of a safety algorithm for pulmonary vein isolation with use of High-intensity focused ultrasound

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 260-265

  Neven, Kars ^a   Schmidt, Boris ^a   Metzner, Andreas ^a   Otomo, Kiyoshi ^a   Nuyens, Dieter ^a   De Potter, Tom ^a   Julian Chun, K R ^a   Ouyang, Feifan ^a   Kuck, Karl Heinz ^a  

^a Department of Cardiology ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Complications

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HUMAN; LUNG VEIN; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PHRENIC NERVE; POWER ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; TEMPERATURE; AGED; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; EVALUATION; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PARALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY VEIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; THERMOREGULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CATHETER ABLATION; ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PARALYSIS; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PHRENIC NERVE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VEINS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 77954669155     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.109.922930     Document Type: Article

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