Utility of esophageal temperature monitoring during pulmonary vein isolation for atrial fibrillation using duty-cycled phased radiofrequency ablation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 255-261

  Deneke, Thomas ^a,b   BÜnz, Kathrin ^a   Bastian, Annely ^a   PÎsler, Marcus ^a   Anders, Helge ^a   Lehmann, Rainer ^c   Meuser, Wolfgang ^c   De Groot, Joris R ^d   Horlitz, Marc ^a   Haberkorn, Ron ^a   MÜgge, Andreas ^b   Shin, Dong In ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c Clinic for Gastroenterology   (Germany)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; catheter ablation; duty cycled uni bipolar radiofrequency energy; esophageal damage; luminal esophageal temperature monitoring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUTY CYCLED PHASED RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; ELECTRODE; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LUMINAL ESOPHAGUS TEMPERATURE MONITORING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY TEMPERATURE; BURNS; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VEINS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; THERMOMETERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79952512982     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2010.01916.x     Document Type: Article

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