Sounding the warning on the potential for oesophageal injury resulting from use of the nMARQ™ for ablation of atrial fibrillation

Europace

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 343-344

  Yousuf, Omair ^a   Calkins, Hugh ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABLATION CATHETER; CATHETER ABLATION; EDITORIAL; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; FISTULA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION DEVICE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BURNS; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; INJURIES; MALE; PROCEDURES;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BURNS; CATHETER ABLATION; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY VEINS;

EID: 84924369693     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euu380     Document Type: Editorial

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