ESOPHAGEAL SIGNALS AS REFERENCE GUIDE FOR ABLATIONS IN CONGENITAL HEART
DISEASES
- İlker Ertugrul,
- Yasemin Donmez,
- Hikmet Yorgun,
- Kudret Aytemir,
- Tevfik Karagöz
Abstract
The quadripolar catheters used for the transesophageal
electrophysiological study is an alternative in such cases due to
limitations of vascular access and size of the pediatric patients,
additional catheter for intracardiac electrograms cannot be placed in
atria stable position.To aim of this article is to report the
effectiveness of transesophageal electrode as a reference catheter in
patients with limited vascular access and complex congenital heart
disease during ablation procedures. Transesophageal catheters can be
used as an alternative to the reference catheter in the
electrophysiology laboratory for provoking or terminating arrhythmias,
understanding mechanism of arrhythmias or as an aid in mapping