Collateral nervous damages after cryoballoon pulmonary vein isolation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 346-351

  Guiot, Aurélie ^a   SavourÉ, Arnaud ^a   Godin, Bénédicte ^a   Anselme, Frédéric ^a  

^a ROUEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; catheter ablation; cryoablation; cryoballoon; cryotherapy; esophagus; gastroparesis; phrenic nerve; sinus tachycardia; vagus

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; BALLOON OCCLUSION; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CRYOABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS ULCER; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE INJURY; NERVE PARALYSIS; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; REVIEW; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; STOMACH PARESIS; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN;

ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CRYOSURGERY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; FRANCE; GASTROPARESIS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PARALYSIS; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; PHRENIC NERVE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VEINS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TACHYCARDIA, SINUS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860139306     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2011.02219.x     Document Type: Review

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