Esophagogastric complications in radiofrequency and cryoballoon catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation

• Published in: Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology Vol. 33; no. 6; pp. 1160 - 1166
• Main Authors: Oikawa, Jun, Fukaya, Hidehira, Wada, Takuya, Kishihara, Jun, Sato, Tetsuro, Matsuura, Gen, Nakamura, Hironori, Ishizue, Naruya, Katada, Chikatoshi, Tanabe, Satoshi, Niwano, Shinichi, kusano, Chika, Ako, Junya
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wiley 01.06.2022; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Ablation; Aged; Atrial Fibrillation; Cardiac arrhythmia; Catheter Ablation; Catheters; complication; Cryosurgery; Esophagitis; esophagogastroduodenoscopy; Esophagus; Female; Fibrillation; Humans; Male; Population studies; pulmonary vein isolation; Pulmonary Veins; Radiofrequency ablation; Recurrence; Treatment Outcome; Ulcer; Ulcers; atrial fibrillation; complication; catheter ablation; esophagogastroduodenoscopy; pulmonary vein isolation

Introduction Direct comparison studies about the incidence of esophagogastric complications between radiofrequency (RF) and cryoballoon (CB) catheter ablation (CA) for atrial fibrillation (AF) have been scarce. We sought to elucidate the relationship between the pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) modali...