Ablation of atrial fibrillation and esophageal injury: Role of bipolar and unipolar energy using a novel multipolar irrigated ablation catheter

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1120-1127

  Di Monaco, Antonio ^a   Quadrini, Federico ^a   Katsouras, Grigorios ^a   Caccavo, Vincenzo ^a   Troisi, Federica ^a   Quatraro, Francesco ^b   Cecere, Giacomo ^a   Langialonga, Tommaso ^a   Grimaldi, Massimo ^a  

^a Ospdale Generale Regionale F Miulli   (Italy)

^b MIULLI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Bipolarandunipolar energy; Esophagealinjury; nMARQ ablationcatheter; Pulmonaryveinisolation

Indexed keywords

ABLATION CATHETER; ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BIPOLAR ENERGY; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPOLAR IRRIGATED ABLATION CATHETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; UNIPOLAR ENERGY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BODY TEMPERATURE; DEVICES; ESOPHAGUS; INJURIES; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY; PULMONARY VEIN;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY TEMPERATURE; CATHETER ABLATION; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PULMONARY VEINS;

EID: 84930379900     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2015.03.002     Document Type: Article

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