Temperature monitoring and temperature-driven irrigated radiofrequency energy titration do not prevent thermally induced esophageal lesions in pulmonary vein isolation: A randomized study controlled by esophagoscopy before and after catheter ablation
Dirk Große Meininghaus, Kai Blembel, Claudia Waniek, Juergen Kruells-Muench, Helmut Ernst, Tobias Kleemann, J. Christoph Geller
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MedicinePulmonary veinEsophagogastroduodenoscopyAblationAtrial fibrillationCatheter ablationParoxysmal atrial fibrillationRadiofrequency ablationInternal medicineRandomized controlled trialCatheterGastroenterologyRadiologyNuclear medicineSurgeryEndoscopyAtrial Fibrillation Management and OutcomesEsophageal Cancer Research and TreatmentCardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments