Transient left recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy following catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 182-184

  Pai, Rakesh K ^a   Boyle, Noel G ^a   Child, John S ^a   Shivkumar, Kalyanam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Ortner syndrome; Recurrent laryngeal nerve injury; Vocal cord paralysis

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BARIUM; DEXAMETHASONE; DIATRIZOATE;

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIOVERSION; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DYSPHAGIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HOARSENESS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; SINUS RHYTHM; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 13544275833     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2004.10.030     Document Type: Article

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