Esophageal Thermal Probes: How Fast Should They Be?

¹FIAB, Florence, Italy.

²Department of Mathematics and Informatics U. Dini, Univ. of Florence, Italy, Associated to IASI_CNR, Rome, Italy.2FIAB, Florence, Italy.

Corresponding Author: Antonio Fasano, FIAB SpA, via Passerini 2 50039 Vicchio (Firenze) Italy, Tel:+39 3440227030; 
E-Mail: [email protected]

Received Date:   17 Oct 2018  
Accepted Date:   09 Nov 2018  
Published Date:  14 Nov 2018

Copyright © 2018 Fasano A

Citation: Anfuso L, Corsi M and Fasano A. (2018). Esophageal Thermal Probes: How Fast Should They Be?. Mathews J Cardiol.3(1): 018.

ABSTRACT

Background:It has been recently emphasized that the use of slow sensors to monitor the luminal esophageal temperature (LET) during atrial ablation can be seriously dangerous to the patient.

Objective:We want to investigate such a feature in a quantitative way in order to understand how fast a thermal probe should be in order to be reliable.

Methods:We formulate a model allowing reconstructing the real temperature evolution from the one recorded, knowing the sensor response time.

Results: We compare measured and real temperatures and we perform a virtual comparison among sensors with different response time starting from actual clinical data.

Conclusions:Sensors with a response time of 4 or more seconds are not safe in the presence of rapid esophageal temperature variations, i.e. when thermal monitoring is actually needed.

KEYWORDS

Atrial Fibrillation Ablation; Esophageal Temperature Monitoring; Thermal Probe Response Time; Esophageal Thermal Lesions.