PO-02-033 CALCULATED LUMINAL ESOPHAGEAL TEMPERATURE DATA PREDICT ESOPHAGEAL INJURY FOLLOWING RADIOFREQUENCY PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION

Esophageal injury following radiofrequency ablation for atrial fibrillation: injury classification.

Luminal esophageal temperature monitoring with a deflectable esophageal temperature probe and intracardiac echocardiography may reduce esophageal injury during atrial fibrillation ablation procedures: results of a pilot study.

BACKGROUND Luminal esophageal temperature (LET) monitoring is one strategy to minimize esophageal injury during atrial fibrillation ablation procedures. However, esophageal ulceration and fistulas have been reported despite adequate LET monitoring. The objective of this study was to assess a novel approach to LET monitoring with a deflectable LET probe on the rate of esophageal injury in patien...

Esophageal Temperature Monitoring During Radiofrequency Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation: A Meta-Analysis.

Objective: Atrio-esophageal fistula is an infrequent but devastating complication of catheter-based ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF). Thermal esophageal injury may be the precursor of atrio-esophageal fistula. Here, we evaluated the role of esophageal temperature monitoring in preventing thermal esophageal injury during pulmonary vein isolation for AF with radiofrequency energy. Methods: In...

Entire posterior wall isolation in an unusual case of common ostium between the right inferior and left inferior pulmonary veins.

Atrio-esophageal fistula as a complication of percutaneous transcatheter ablation of atrial fibrillation. ablation with esophageal cooling with a cooled water-irrigated intraesophageal balloon: a pilot study. A et al. Clinical characteristics of massive air embolism complicating left atrial ablation of atrial fibrillation: lessons from five cases. A et al. Prevention of periprocedural ischemic ...

Left atrial-pulmonary vein reentrant tachycardia following pulmonary vein isolation.

Pulmonary vein isolation has become the cornerstone of ablation for atrial fibrillation. However, it is sometimes followed by the development of left atrial macro-reentrant tachycardia. There is evidence to suggest that the myocardial sleeves within the pulmonary veins may be implicated in the mechanism of the tachycardia. Here we present a case of a post-ablation macro-reentrant tachycardia, i...