Clinical investigation of esophageal injury from cryoballoon ablation of persistent atrial fibrillation.
Takatoshi ShigetaKaoru OkishigeHideshi AoyagiTakuro NishimuraRena A NakamuraNaruhiko ItoYusuke TsuchiyaMitsutoshi AsanoTsukasa ShimuraHidetoshi SuzukiManabu KurabayashiYuichi FukamiShinya SakitaTakehiko KeidaTetsuo SasanoKenzo HiraoYasuteru YamauchiPublished in: Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE (2019)
Esophageal complications such as ELs and GH occur during the LAPW isolation with a CB. There was no reliable predictor of those adverse events.