Key result
Proposed esophageal protection methods for LA ablation lack clinical evidence of efficacy despite available options.
Why the study?
There is a surplus of options but an absence of evidence regarding methods to protect the oesophagus during left atrial ablation.
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Design
Review
Clinicians should avoid relying on unproven esophageal protection methods during left atrial ablation; leaves open the need for randomized efficacy trials.
Fig. 1.Risks to the oesophagus associated with left atrial ablation and proposed methods to reduce this risk.LA e Left atrium, OE e oesophagus, RSPV e right superior pulmonary vein, RIPV -right inferior pulmonary vein, PW e posterior wall.
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Ariyaratnam et al. (2020) studied this question. Proposed methods to protect the esophagus during left atrial ablation lack clinical evidence demonstrating their efficacy despite a surplus of available options.
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