Right phrenic nerve injury following electrical disconnection of the right superior pulmonary vein

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1444-1446

  Lee, Bong Ki ^a   Choi, Kee Joon ^a   Kim, Jun ^a   Rhee, Kyoung Suk ^b   Nam, Gi Byoung ^a   Kim, You Ho ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Phrenic nerve injury; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; FLECAINIDE; PROPAFENONE; SOTALOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; DIAPHRAGM PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; NERVE PARALYSIS; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PHRENIC NERVE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PULMONARY VEIN; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VITAL CAPACITY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; PHRENIC NERVE; PULMONARY VEINS;

EID: 7744228290     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2004.00652.x     Document Type: Article

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