First report of phrenic nerve injury during pulmonary vein isolation using the Ablation Frontiers pulmonary vein ablation catheter

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 187-190

  Ahsan, Syed Y ^a   Flett, Andrew S ^a   Lambiase, Pier D ^a   Segal, Oliver R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrial Fibrillation; Paroxysmal; Phrenic nerve injury; Pulmonary vein ablation catheter; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

PROTAMINE;

ABLATION FRONTIERS PULMONARY VEIN ABLATION CATHETER; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BREATHING PATTERN; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; CATHETER COMPLICATION; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MEDICAL HISTORY; NERVE INJURY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VEIN CATHETERIZATION;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; PHRENIC NERVE; PULMONARY VEINS;

EID: 78650678977     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-010-9517-1     Document Type: Article

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