Active esophageal cooling for the prevention of thermal injury during atrial fibrillation ablation: a randomized controlled pilot study.

Cory M TschabrunnSara AttallaJonathan SalasDavid S FrankelMatthew C HymanEmily SimonTiffany SharkoskiDavid J CallansGregory E SuppleSaman NazarianDavid LinRobert D SchallerSanjay DixitFrancis E MarchlinskiPasquale Santangeli

Published in: Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing (2021)

Active esophageal cooling may reduce the occurrence of severe EDELs. A larger randomized study is warranted to further evaluate the benefit of this strategy.

Keyphrases

atrial fibrillation
catheter ablation
risk assessment
heart failure
early onset
oral anticoagulants
left atrial appendage
direct oral anticoagulants
radiofrequency ablation