Intra-pericardial balloon retraction of the left atrium: a novel method to prevent esophageal injury during catheter ablation

Heart Rhythm. 2008 Oct;5(10):1473-5. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2008.06.023. Epub 2008 Jul 3.

Authors

Eric Buch¹, Shiro Nakahara, Kalyanam Shivkumar

Affiliation

¹ UCLA Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Adult
Atrial Fibrillation / surgery*
Catheter Ablation / adverse effects
Catheter Ablation / methods*
Esophagus / injuries
Heart Atria / surgery*
Humans
Male
Pericardium*

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