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Esophageal Cooling For Protection During Left Atrial Ablation: A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis

2019-07-26 cardiovascular medicine Title + abstract only
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BackgroundThermal damage to the esophagus is a risk from radiofrequency (RF) ablation of the left atrium for the treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF), with the most extreme type of thermal injury resulting in atrio-esophageal fistula (AEF), with a correspondingly high mortality rate. Various approaches have been developed to reduce esophageal injury, including power reduction, avoidance of greater contact-force, esophageal deviation, and esophageal cooling. One method of esophageal cooling invo...

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