Acute oesophageal safety of high-power short duration with 50 W for atrial fibrillation ablation.
Julian MüllerArtur BerkovitzPhilipp HalbfassKarin NentwichElena EneKai SonneGelu SimuIvalyo ChakarovSebastian BarthChristian WaechterMichael BehnesIbrahim AkinThomas 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 (2022)
Thermal oesophageal lesions occur in 6% of HPSD AF ablations. The risk for development of perforating complications seems to be low. Incidence of atrio-oesophageal fistula (0.1%) is comparable to other reported series about RF ablation approaches.