Esophageal injury and temperature monitoring during atrial fibrillation ablation

SM Singh, A d'Avila, SK Doshi, WR Brugge… - Circulation …, 2008 - Am Heart Assoc
… luminal esophageal temperature (LET) monitoring is associated with a reduction in …
temperature monitoring during AF ablation may be associated with a reduction in esophageal injury

Limitations of esophageal temperature-monitoring to prevent esophageal injury during atrial fibrillation ablation

H Nakagawa, KA Seres… - Circulation: Arrhythmia and …, 2008 - Am Heart Assoc
… We agree in principal with the authors’ conclusion that esophageal temperature-monitoring
may reduce the risk of esophageal injury during AF ablation. An esophageal ulcer was …

… of esophageal injury during esophageal temperature monitoring: a comparative study of a multi-thermocouple temperature probe and a deflectable temperature …

T Kuwahara, A Takahashi, Y Takahashi… - Journal of Interventional …, 2014 - Springer
… lesions in 20–30 % of the patients who underwent esophageal temperature monitoring
the occurrence of esophageal injuries despite the monitoring of esophageal temperatures. First, …

Luminal esophageal temperature monitoring to reduce esophageal thermal injury during catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation: a review

AJ Kadado, JG Akar, JP Hummel - Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2019 - Elsevier
Esophageal tissue injury during ablation appears to be a precursor to the formation of AE
fistulae. Luminal esophageal temperature (LET) monitoring … it reduces esophageal injury. The …

[HTML][HTML] Incidence of esophageal injury after pulmonary vein isolation in patients with a low body mass index and esophageal temperature monitoring at a 39 C setting

K Kiuchi, K Okajima, A Shimane, G Kanda, K Yokoi… - Journal of arrhythmia, 2015 - Elsevier
… Body mass index (BMI) has been reported to be a predictor of esophageal injury, indicating
… by esophageal temperature monitoring (ETM) at 39 C could prevent esophageal injury even …

[HTML][HTML] Esophageal temperature monitoring during radiofrequency ablation of atrial fibrillation: a meta-analysis

K Koranne, I Basu-Ray, V Parikh, M Pollet… - Journal of atrial …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… 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

Luminal esophageal temperature monitoring with a deflectable esophageal temperature probe and intracardiac echocardiography may reduce esophageal injury …

LR Leite, SN Santos, H Maia, BD Henz… - Circulation …, 2011 - Am Heart Assoc
… test” spots within the esophagus. In this pilot study, we report a novel method of esophageal
temperature monitoring with the use of a deflectable esophageal temperature probe, which, …

[HTML][HTML] Esophageal temperature during atrial fibrillation ablation poorly predicts esophageal injury: an observational study

T Ayoub, AH El Hajjar, GDS Sidhu, A Bhatnagar… - Heart Rhythm O2, 2021 - Elsevier
… However, esophageal injury does correlate … esophageal thermal injury to HPSD ablation
procedures is lacking and should be investigated further. Esophageal temperature monitoring is …

… esophageal temperature probe used during radiofrequency ablation for atrial fibrillation is associated with increased intraluminal temperature detection and increased …

BJ Carroll, FM CONTRERAS‐VALDES… - Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
… Increased intraluminal esophageal temperature has been correlated with risk of esophageal
injury. The objective of this study was to compare esophageal temperature monitoring (ETM…

Prevention of oesophageal injury during catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: is monitoring of oesophageal temperature the solution?

P Sommer, G Hindricks - Europace, 2010 - academic.oup.com
… to online monitor oesophageal temperature. In … temperature monitoring it has been shown
that maximal measured esophagal temperature was highly predictive of oesophageal injury. In …