Locating the right phrenic nerve by imaging the right pericardiophrenic artery with computerized tomographic angiography: Implications for balloon-based procedures

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 937-941

  Horton, Rodney ^a,b   Di Biase, Luigi ^a,b,c   Reddy, Vivek ^d   Neuzil, Petr ^e   Mohanty, Prasant ^a   Sanchez, Javier ^a   Nguyen, Tuan ^a   Mohanty, Sanghamitra ^a   Gallinghouse, G Joseph ^a   Bailey, Shane M ^a   Zagrodzky, Jason D ^a   Burkhardt, J David ^a   Natale, Andrea ^a,b,c,f,g  

^a TEXAS CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NA HOMOLCE HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

^f CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Balloon; Computerized tomographic angiography; Paralysis; Phrenic nerve

Indexed keywords

ARTERY; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE INJURY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERICARDIOPHRENIC ARTERY; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PHRENIC NERVE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PHRENIC NERVE; PULMONARY VEINS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77953847424     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2010.03.027     Document Type: Article

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