Mechanisms of phrenic nerve injury during radiofrequency ablation at the pulmonary vein orifice

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1318-1325

  Bunch, T Jared ^a   Bruce, G Keith ^a   Mahapatra, Srijoy ^a   Johnson, Susan B ^a   Miller, Dylan V ^a   Sarabanda, Alvaro V ^a   Milton, Mark A ^a   Packer, Douglas L ^a,b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Arrhythmia; Atrium; Fibrillation; Myocardium; Nervous system

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ENDOCARDIUM; ENERGY TRANSFER; HEART PACING; HISTOLOGY; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE INJURY; NONHUMAN; PHRENIC NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMAL INJURY; ANIMAL; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; PATHOLOGY; PHRENIC NERVE; RISK FACTOR; TIME;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; DOGS; MODELS, ANIMAL; PHRENIC NERVE; PULMONARY VEINS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33644867387     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2005.00216.x     Document Type: Article

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