Identification of a high-risk population for esophageal injury during radiofrequency catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: Procedural and anatomical considerations
Authors:
- Christian MeyerCMChristian Meyer
- Said HassaneinSHSaid Hassanein
- Josef AichingerJAJosef Aichinger
- Gabor BencsikGBGabor Bencsik
- Rainer SchoeflRSRainer Schoefl
- Gernot BoehmGBGernot Boehm
- Hans-Joachim NesserHNHans-Joachim Nesser
- Helmut PurerfellnerHPHelmut Purerfellner
- 1 September 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in Heart Rhythm
- Vol. 7 (9) , 1224-1230
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