Safety of very high-power short-duration radiofrequency ablation for pulmonary vein isolation: a two-centre report with emphasis on silent oesophageal injury.
Philipp HalbfassJean-Yves WielandtsSébastien KnechtJean-Benoît Le Polain de WarouxRene H TavernierVincent De WildeKai SonneKarin NentwichElena EneArtur BerkovitzJulian MuellerLukas LehmkuhlAmelie ReichartUlrich LuesebrinkMattias DuytschaeverThomas DenekePublished in: Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology (2021)
Temperature-controlled vHPSD catheter ablation allows straightforward PVI without evidence of oesophageal ulcerations or symptomatic complications. Catheter tip charring and silent cerebral lesions when using the nGEN generator have led to further modification.