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

Tschabrunn, Cory M.; Attalla, Sara; Salas, Jonathan; Frankel, David S.; Hyman, Matthew C.; Simon, Emily P.; Sharkoski, Tiffany; Callans, David J.; Supple, Gregory E.; Nazarian, Saman; Lin, David; Schaller, Robert D.; Dixit, Sanjay; Marchlinski, Francis E.; Santangeli, Pasquale

doi:10.1007/s10840-021-00960-w

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“…First study small pilot study that showed active cooling is much more protective than manual liquid instillation 4 . The second pilot RCT that compared LET and active cooling showed same outcome like the IMPACT study that we reported in our manuscript 5,6 .…”

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2021

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2021

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“…4 The second pilot RCT that compared LET and active cooling showed same outcome like the IMPACT study that we reported in our manuscript. 5,6 We agree with Dr. Clark and Kulstad, growing interest in the area of esophageal protection during atrial fibrillation ablation.…”

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2021

Cardiovasc electrophysiol

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“…Tschabrunn et al 76 compared local temperature monitoring to active cooling in 44 patients, and found a 67% reduction in the incidence of severe lesion, despite the use of more extensive lesion sets in patients randomized to active cooling.…”

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Preventing esophageal complications from atrial fibrillation ablation: A review

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

Cited by 41 publications

References 24 publications

Reply to “Additional Data on Protection of the Esophagus during Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation”

Reply to “Additional Data on Protection of the Esophagus during Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation”

Reply to “Additional data protection of the esophagus during catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation”

Preventing esophageal complications from atrial fibrillation ablation: A review

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