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Determination of Continuity Index Values in Atrial Fibrillation Ablation with Proactive Esophageal Cooling
Catherine Lazarus 1, Jacob Sherman 2, Natalie Putzel 3, Tiffany Sharkoski 4, William Zagrodzky 4, Erik Kulstad 4,5, Alex Ro 6, Jose Nazari 6, Westby Fisher 6, Mark Metzl 6
1Northwestern University, 2Washington University in St. Louis, 3University of Southern California, 4Attune Medical, 5University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 6NorthShore University Hospital

This protocol describes the methods used to determine the continuity index in patients undergoing pulmonary vein isolation procedures using radiofrequency ablation and demonstrates the differences in continuity index between ablation procedures using proactive esophageal cooling as compared to procedures using traditional luminal esophageal temperature monitoring.

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