Prevalence of esophageal ulceration after atrial fibrillation ablation with the hot balloon ablation catheter: What is the value of esophageal cooling?

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 686-692

  Sohara, Hiroshi ^a   Satake, Shutaro ^a   Takeda, Hiroshi ^a   Yamaguchi, Yoshio ^a   Nagasu, Naoko ^b  

^a Hayama Heart Center   (Japan)

^b SHONAN KAMAKURA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; catheter ablation; esophageal cooling; radiofrequency hot balloon

Indexed keywords

DIATRIZOATE; IOPAMIDOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; DRUG INFUSION; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS ULCER; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LEFT INFERIOR PULMONARY VEIN; LEFT SUPERIOR PULMONARY VEIN; LUMINAL ESOPHAGEAL TEMPERATURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAROXYSMAL HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY HOT BALLOON ABLATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL RISK; SYMPTOM; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BURNS; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART CATHETER; HEART CATHETERIZATION; INJURIES; JAPAN; LAVAGE; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER; WOUND HEALING;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BURNS; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; CARDIAC CATHETERS; CATHETER ABLATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOPAMIDOL; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THERAPEUTIC IRRIGATION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84904514559     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jce.12394     Document Type: Article

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