Balloon Catheter Position and its Relationship with Esophageal Temperature during Pulmonary Vein Isolation using High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound

Background: HIFU can achieve PVI, but severe esophageal complications have happened. We analyzed relative position of HIFU balloon catheter (BC) to esophageal temperature (ET) probe and correlated it to ET changes. Methods and Results: Before each ablation relative position of HIFU BC to ET probe wa...

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Main Authors:	Kars Neven, MD, Andreas Metzner, MD, Boris Schmidt, MD, Feifan Ouyang, MD, Karl-Heinz Kuck, MD
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2012-09-01
Series:	Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal
Subjects:	Atrial fibrillation Ablation Complications Esophagus High-intensity focused ultrasound
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0972629216305423

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Balloon Catheter Position and its Relationship with Esophageal Temperature during Pulmonary Vein Isolation using High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound

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