Preoperative personalization of atrial fibrillation ablation strategy to prevent esophageal injury: Impact of changes in esophageal position.

Yosuke NakataniMarta Nuñez-GarciaGhassen ChnitiSoumaya Sridi-ChenitiAurélien BustinShuman JiaCyril GoujeauClementine AndréTakashi NakashimaPhilipp KrisaiTakamitsu TakagiTsukasa KamakuraNicolas DervalJosselin DuchateauThomas PambrunRemi ChauvelFrederic SacherMélèze HociniMichel HaïssaguerreMaxime SermesantPierre JaisHubert Cochet

Published in: Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology (2022)

The personalization of ablation lines based on a preoperative CT reduced ablation to the AAR despite changes in esophageal position.

Keyphrases

catheter ablation
atrial fibrillation
radiofrequency ablation
patients undergoing
left atrial
computed tomography
heart failure
image quality
magnetic resonance imaging
oral anticoagulants
contrast enhanced
positron emission tomography
magnetic resonance
dual energy
venous thromboembolism