Higher incidence of esophageal lesions after ablation of atrial fibrillation related to the use of esophageal temperature probes

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1464-1469

  Müller, Patrick ^a,b   Dietrich, Johannes Wolfgang ^b   Halbfass, Philipp ^a   Abouarab, Aly ^a   Fochler, Franziska ^a   Szöllösi, Atilla ^a   Nentwich, Karin ^a   Roos, Markus ^a   Krug, Joachim ^a   Schade, Anja ^a   Mügge, Andreas ^b   Deneke, Thomas ^a,b  

^a Heart Center Bad Neustadt   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrioesophageal fistula; Catheter ablation; Esophageal lesion; Esophageal temperature monitoring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; DIGESTIVE DEVICE; ENDOSCOPICALLY DETECTED ESOPHAGEAL LESION; ESOPHAGEAL EROSION; ESOPHAGEAL TEMPERATURE PROBE; ESOPHAGEAL ULCERATION; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMINAL ESOPHAGEAL TEMPERATURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BODY MASS; ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; ESOPHAGUS; GERMANY; HEART ATRIUM; HEAT; INCIDENCE; INJURIES; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; THERMOMETRY;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY MASS INDEX; CATHETER ABLATION; ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEART ATRIA; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; THERMOMETRY;

EID: 84937518171     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2015.04.005     Document Type: Article

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