Open AccessReliable temperature probe monitoring ‐ Favorable esophageal motion for consistent probe contact during atrial fibrillation catheter ablation
Author(s) -
Esato Masahiro,
Kida Yoshitomi,
Nishioto,
Mani Hiroki,
Kitajima Hiroki,
Sato Daisuke,
Chun YeongHwa
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of arrhythmia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.463
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1883-2148
pISSN - 1880-4276
DOI - 10.1016/j.joa.2012.12.010
Subject(s) - medicine , atrial fibrillation , ablation , catheter ablation , percutaneous , catheter , cardiac ablation , cardiology , ablation of atrial fibrillation , complication , radiofrequency ablation , radiology
Abstract Left atrial‐esophageal (LA‐Eso) fistula is now a well‐recognized and fatal complication of percutaneous catheter ablation performed using radiofrequency energy for atrial fibrillation (AF). We noted an important esophageal motion during temperature monitoring by a multipolar sensing probe, which could resolve several potential concerns of accurate esophageal temperature measurement and could consequently minimize esophageal injuries including LA‐Eso fistulas during catheter ablation for AF.