Luminal esophageal temperature rise and esophageal lesion formation following remote-controlled magnetic pulmonary vein isolation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1875-1880

  Konstantinidou, Melanie ^a   Wissner, Erik ^a   Chun, Julian K R ^a   Koektuerk, Buelent ^a   Metzner, Andreas ^a   Tilz, Roland R ^a   Rillig, Andreas ^a   Fuernkranz, Alexander ^a   Wohlmuth, Peter ^a   Ouyang, Feifan ^a   Kuck, Karl Heinz ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Esophageal temperature; Esophageal thermal lesion; Magnetic navigation; Remote controlled navigation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; ESOPHAGUS ULCER; FEMALE; FISTULA; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; BODY TEMPERATURE; BURNS; CATHETER ABLATION; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY VEINS; ROBOTICS;

EID: 82455194858     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2011.07.031     Document Type: Article

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