A novel method for preventing phrenic nerve injury during catheter ablation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 95-98

  Buch, Eric ^a   Vaseghi, Marmar ^a   Cesario, David A ^a   Shivkumar, Kalyanam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Phrenic nerve injury; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FOLLOW UP; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE INJURY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; BALLOON DILATATION; BALLOON OCCLUSION; CATHETER ABLATION; HUMANS; MALE; PHRENIC NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 33845879920     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2006.09.019     Document Type: Article

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