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Direct Pressure Monitoring Accurately Predicts Pulmonary Vein Occlusion During Cryoballoon Ablation
Published on: February 26, 2013
Repeated balloon inflation under low pressure may reduce serious adverse events during endoscopic papillary large
Hideki Kamada1, Hideki Kobara1, Hiroki Yamana1
1Department of Gastroenterology and Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan.
Abstract:
Highlight Kamada and colleagues devised a new technique for effective endoscopic papillary large balloon dilation without high balloon pressure. Advantages of the technique include the prevention of unintentional over-pressurization of the balloon by limiting the balloon inflation pressure and reduced risk of pancreatitis due to continuous pancreatic duct obstruction.
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