Incidence of Acute Thermal Esophageal Injury after Atrial Fibrillation Ablation guided by prespecified Ablation Index

ConclusionLeft atrial posterior wall RF ablation adopting AI ≤ 350 was associated with 14% esophageal thermal injury including 3% of severe esophageal thermal ulcers. This incidence is comparable to historic control‐groups with non‐AI‐guided AF ablation.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology - September 25, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Philipp Halbfass, Artur Berkovitz, Borche Pavlov, Kai Sonne, Karin Nentwich, Elena Ene, Frank Hoerning, Sebastian Barth, Michael Zacher, Thomas Deneke Tags: ORIGINAL ‐ CLINICAL Source Type: research