Predicting factors of transmural thermal injury after cryoballoon pulmonary vein isolation.
Yoshiyuki MatsumotoTakashi KaneshiroNaoko HijiokaMinoru NoderaShinya YamadaMasashi KamiokaAkiomi YoshihisaHiroshi OhkawaraTakuto HikichiHitoshi SuzukiYasuchika TakeishiPublished in: Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing (2018)
The occurrence of TTI in CB PVI was associated with aging, suggesting compromised periesophageal circulation, and the anatomical proximities between the LA and the descending Ao, which enclose the esophagus.