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Mechanical Esophageal Deflection During Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation
Author(s) -
HERWEG BENGT,
JOHNSON NANCY,
POSTLER GILBERT,
CURTIS ANNE B.,
BAROLD S. SERGE,
ILERCIL ARZU
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
pacing and clinical electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.686
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1540-8159
pISSN - 0147-8389
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2006.00470.x
Subject(s) - medicine , esophagus , fluoroscopy , ablation , atrial fibrillation , ablation of atrial fibrillation , radiofrequency ablation , catheter ablation , cardiology , radiology
To prevent esophageal damage during ablation of atrial fibrillation, we developed a technique to move the esophagus away from a desired ablation site too close to the esophagus. Under fluoroscopy, a transesophageal echocardiography probe was used to deflect the barium‐opacified esophagus from the ablation site. This technique was successfully employed in three patients where critical sites of the posterior left atrial wall were very close to the esophagus.