Incidence of acute thermal esophageal injury after atrial fibrillation ablation guided by prespecified ablation index.
Philipp HalbfassArtur BerkovitzBorche PavlovKai SonneKarin NentwichElena EneFrank HoerningSebastian BarthMichael ZacherThomas DenekePublished in: Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology (2019)
LA 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.