Esophageal cooling for protection during left atrial ablation: a systematic review and meta-analysis

PURPOSE: Thermal damage to the esophagus is a risk from radiofrequency (RF) ablation of the left atrium for the treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF). The most extreme type of thermal injury results in atrio-esophageal fistula (AEF) and a correspondingly high mortality rate. Various strategies for r...

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Autores principales: Leung, Lisa WM, Gallagher, Mark M, Santangeli, Pasquale, Tschabrunn, Cory, Guerra, Jose M, Campos, Bieito, Hayat, Jamal, Atem, Folefac, Mickelsen, Steven, Kulstad, Erik
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7591442/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31758504
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10840-019-00661-5

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7591442/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31758504
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10840-019-00661-5

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