St. Joseph Medical Center (Washington) 1 article published in JoVE Medicine Cooling or Warming the Esophagus to Reduce Esophageal Injury During Left Atrial Ablation in the Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation Jason Zagrodzky1, Mark M. Gallagher2, Lisa W. M. Leung2, Tiffany Sharkoski3, Pasquale Santangeli4, Cory Tschabrunn4, Jose M. Guerra5, Bieito Campos5, John MacGregor6, Jamal Hayat2, Brad Clark7, Alex Mazur8, Marcel Feher9, Martin Arnold9, Mark Metzl10, Jose Nazari10, Erik Kulstad11 1 The goal of this protocol is to describe the use of esophageal temperature modulation to counteract esophageal thermal injury from left atrial ablation for the treatment of atrial fibrillation.
