Right diaphragm paralysis following cardiac radiofrequency catheter ablation for inappropriate sinus tachycardia

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 783-784

  Durante Mangoni, Emanuele ^a,b   Del Vecchio, Davide ^a   Ruggiero, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b Ospedale Gesu e Maria   (Italy)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Diaphragm; Paralysis; Phrenic nerve; Radiofrequency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAPHRAGM PARALYSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETER; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART PALPITATION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; NERVE LESION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHRENIC NERVE; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHRENIC NERVE; RESPIRATORY PARALYSIS; TACHYCARDIA, SINUS;

EID: 0347926088     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.00136.x     Document Type: Article

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