Vagus nerve injury after posterior atrial radiofrequency ablation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1327-1330

  Bunch, T Jared ^a   Ellenbogen, Kenneth A ^b   Packer, Douglas L ^a   Asirvatham, Samuel J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessory Pathway; Atrial fibrillation; Complication; Gastrointestinal; Radiofrequency ablation; Vagus Nerve

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A; DOMPERIDONE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLECAINIDE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; PANCREAS POLYPEPTIDE; PROKINETIC AGENT; PROPAFENONE; SOTALOL;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOATING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIET THERAPY; DIZZINESS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALAISE; MALE; NAUSEA; NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SATIETY; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; STOMACH DISTENSION; STOMACH EMPTYING; STOMACH FUNCTION DISORDER; STOMACH SPASM; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; VAGUS NERVE INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CRANIAL NERVE INJURIES; FEMALE; GASTRIC EMPTYING; GASTROPARESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; VAGUS NERVE; VAGUS NERVE DISEASES;

EID: 50949124567     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2008.05.014     Document Type: Article

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