Successful use of "cryo-mapping" to avoid phrenic nerve damage during ostial superior vena caval ablation despite nerve proximity

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-30

  Dib, Chadi ^a   Kapa, Suraj ^a   Powell, Brian D ^a   Packer, Douglas L ^a   Asirvatham, Samuel J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Complications; Cryoablation; Phrenic nerve; RF ablation; Superior vena cava

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CRYOABLATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART PACING; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE INJURY; NERVE STIMULATION; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; VEIN SURGERY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOSURGERY; DIAPHRAGM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHRENIC NERVE; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 44749092988     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-008-9242-1     Document Type: Article

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