Reduced incidence of esophageal lesions by luminal esophageal temperature-guided second-generation cryoballoon ablation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 268-274

  Fürnkranz, Alexander ^a   Bordignon, Stefano ^a   Böhmig, Michael ^b   Konstantinou, Athanasios ^a   Dugo, Daniela ^a   Perrotta, Laura ^a   Klopffleisch, Tom ^b   Nowak, Bernd ^a   Dignaß, Axel U ^b   Schmidt, Boris ^a   Chun, Julian K R ^a  

^a CARDIOANGIOLOGISCHES CENTRUM BETHANIEN   (Germany)

^b AGAPLESION MARKUS KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Complication; Cryoballoon; Esophageal injury

Indexed keywords

ABLATION CATHETER; ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER SHEATH; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOABLATION; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUMINAL ESOPHAGEAL TEMPERATURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; SECOND GENERATION CRYOBALLOON ABLATION; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TEMPERATURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY TEMPERATURE; COLD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOSURGERY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; ESOPHAGUS; FLUOROSCOPY; GERMANY; INJURIES; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; TACHYCARDIA, PAROXYSMAL;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY TEMPERATURE; COLD TEMPERATURE; CRYOSURGERY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, PAROXYSMAL;

EID: 84921044377     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2014.10.033     Document Type: Article

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