Esophageal cooling during radiofrequency ablation: Can opposite (strategies) attract?
- PMID: 36284448
- DOI: 10.1111/jce.15718
Esophageal cooling during radiofrequency ablation: Can opposite (strategies) attract?
Keywords: atrial fibrillation; catheter ablation; esophageal cooling; esophageal fistula.
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Effect of esophageal cooling on ablation lesion formation in the left atrium: Insights from Ablation Index data in the IMPACT trial and clinical outcomes.J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2022 Dec;33(12):2546-2557. doi: 10.1111/jce.15717. Epub 2022 Nov 2. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2022. PMID: 36284450 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.
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