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Patients with atrial fibrillation are at far greater risk of a catastrophic COVID outcomes, so steps should be taken to reduce AFib risks in addition to precautions against COVID like making, hand washing and social distancing. Images include an electromap from an AF ablation procedure and a COVID-19 from the CDC. Feature | Atrial Fibrillation | January 27, 2021 | By John D. Day, M.D., T. Jared Bunch, M.D., and Matthew D. LaPlante
Esophageal Cooling May Help Prevent Injury From Cardiac Ablations
Atrial fibrillation ablations can cause esophageal injury, but an FDA-cleared temperature management system may help protect the esophagus
Attune Medical’s ensoETM is a single use thermal regulating device that is placed in the esophagus similar to a standard gastric tube and connected to an external heat exchange unit, creating a closed-loop system for heat transfer to increase or decrease patient temperature. EPs are now looking at the device as a way to prevent RF damage to the esophagus during cardiac ablations.
December 3, 2020 – Attune Medical reports the first major peer-reviewed clinical publication using its ensoETM device in cardiac ablation procedures to see if using the esophageal space for temperature management could decrease collateral thermal injury from electrophysiology (EP) radiofrequency (RF) ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF).