particularly the esophagus. This type of injury can lead to significant morbidity and mortality, making it crucial to understand the best diagnostic and management strategies. Recent research has ...

Fundamentally, there are three techniques that can be employed to minimize the likelihood of esophageal injury during RF ablation at the posterior left atrium: (1) avoidance of any RF ablation ...

Medically reviewed by Qin Rao, MD An esophageal stricture is a gradual narrowing of the esophagus, which can lead to ...

Accordingly, specific assessment of the potential for or occurrence of esophageal injury during RF ablation in an individual cannot reasonably be made in clinical practice, and it may be safest to ...

The esophagus is a muscular tube that connects the mouth to the stomach. In people with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), the most common site of injury is the lining of the lower part of ...

CERTAIN lesions of the esophagus, whether localized like a web or more diffuse like scleroderma, may impair esophageal distensibility without narrowing the width of the esophageal lumen as it is ...