Prevention of phrenic nerve injury during epicardial ablation: Comparison of methods for separating the phrenic nerve from the epicardial surface

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 957-961

  Di Biase, Luigi ^a,b   Burkhardt, J David ^a   Pelargonio, Gemma ^d   Dello Russo, Antonio ^d   Casella, Michela ^d   Santarelli, Pietro ^d   Horton, Rodney ^a   Sanchez, Javier ^a   Gallinghouse, Joseph G ^a   Al Ahmad, Amin ^c   Wang, Paul ^c   Cummings, Jennifer E ^e   Schweikert, Robert A ^e   Natale, Andrea ^a,c,e  

^a TEXAS CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^e Akron General Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmias; Catheter ablation; Complications; Phrenic nerve injury

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE; HEART PACING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NERVE INJURY; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CATHETER ABLATION; PERICARDIUM; PHRENIC NERVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA, NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 67549116784     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.03.022     Document Type: Article

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