Three-dimensional reconstruction of the anatomic course of the right phrenic nerve in humans by pace mapping

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1120-1126

  Schmidt, Boris ^a   Chun, K R Julian ^a   Ouyang, Feifan ^a   Metzner, Andreas ^a   Antz, Matthias ^b   Kuck, Karl Heinz ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b KLINIKUM OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cardiac anatomy; High intensity focused ultrasound; Pace map; Phrenic nerve; Three dimensional reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART PACING; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NERVE PARALYSIS; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TIME; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHRENIC NERVE; PULMONARY VEINS; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 50949124648     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2008.05.003     Document Type: Article

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