Modified energy settings are mandatory to minimize oesophageal injury using the novel multipolar irrigated radiofrequency ablation catheter for pulmonary vein isolation

Europace

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 396-402

  Rillig, Andreas ^a   Lin, Tina ^a   Burchard, Andre ^a   Kamioka, Masashi ^a   Heeger, Christian ^a   Makimoto, Hisaki ^a   Metzner, Andreas ^a   Wissner, Erik ^a   Wohlmuth, Peter ^b   Ouyang, Feifan ^a   Kuck, Karl Heinz ^a   Tilz, Roland Richard ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Asklepios Proresearch   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Multipolar irrigated radiofrequency ablation; nMARQ ; Oesophageal lesion; Pulmonary vein isolation; Temperature monitoring

Indexed keywords

ABLATION CATHETER; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MAPPING CATHETER; MULTIPOLAR IRRIGATED RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION CATHETER; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE PARALYSIS; PHRENIC NERVE; PHRENIC NERVE PALSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SINUS RHYTHM; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BURNS; CATHETER ABLATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEVICES; ESOPHAGUS; HEART FUNCTION TEST; INJURIES; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY VEIN;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BURNS; CATHETER ABLATION; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VEINS;

EID: 84924419518     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euu269     Document Type: Article

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