Oesophageal safety in voltage-guided atrial fibrillation ablation using ablation index or contact force only: a prospective comparison.

Anja SchadeLisa Costello-BoerrigterThomas DenekeFrank SteinbornMykhaylo ChapranKoroush VathieNemanja MilisavljevicMarcus FranzRalf SurberMohamad AssaniHussam HamoMuhammed KhshfehAlexander LautenVioleta Mattea

Published 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)

Both methods were comparable with respect to clinical complications and EDEL. In consideration of previous reconnection data and our study results regarding oesophageal safety, optimal AI target range might be between 400 and 450.

Keyphrases

catheter ablation
atrial fibrillation
heart failure
radiofrequency ablation
single molecule
electronic health record
big data
percutaneous coronary intervention
direct oral anticoagulants
oral anticoagulants
venous thromboembolism
mitral valve
deep learning