Increased incidence of esophageal thermal lesions using the second-generation 28-mm cryoballoon

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 769-775

  Metzner, Andreas ^a   Burchard, Andre ^a   Wohlmuth, Peter ^a   Rausch, Peter ^a   Bardyszewski, Alexander ^a   Gienapp, Christina ^a   Tilz, Roland Richard ^a   Rillig, Andreas ^a   Mathew, Shibu ^a   Deiss, Sebastian ^a   Makimoto, Hisaki ^a   Ouyang, Feifan ^a   Kuck, Karl Heinz ^a   Wissner, Erik ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Complications

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYOABLATION; CRYOBALLOON; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; ESOPHAGUS THERMAL INJURY; ESOPHAGUS ULCER; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL INJURY;

ABLATION; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COMPLICATIONS;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOSURGERY; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84884514641     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.113.000228     Document Type: Article

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