1. USE OF AN ESOPHAGEAL RETRACTOR TO PREVENT THERMAL INJURIES DURING ATRIAL FIBRILLATION ABLATION: A MULTI-CENTER EXPERIENCE
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Mohammad-Ali Jazayeri, Donita Atkins, Valay Parikh, Sudharani Bommana, Vijay Swarup, Raghuveer Dendi, Mitra Mohanty, Akash Makkar, Andrea Natale, Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy, Madhu Reddy, Venkat Vuddanda, Madhav Lavu, and Luigi Di Biase
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Esophageal temperature ,business.industry ,Radiofrequency ablation ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Atrial fibrillation ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,Esophageal retractor ,Ablation ,medicine.disease ,Pulmonary vein ,Surgery ,law.invention ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Left atrial ,law ,Internal medicine ,cardiovascular system ,medicine ,Cardiology ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Esophageal injury ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business - Abstract
Background: Rapid and significant rise in esophageal temperature (ET) during radiofrequency ablation (RFA) for atrial fibrillation (AF) can be an indicator of an esophageal injury and limits our ability to achieve pulmonary vein isolation(PVI) by incomplete left atrial posterior wall (PW)ablation.
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- 2017
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