Immediate balloon deflation for prevention of persistent phrenic nerve palsy during pulmonary vein isolation by balloon cryoablation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 646-652

  Ghosh, Justin ^a   Sepahpour, Ali ^a   Chan, Kim H ^a   Singarayar, Suresh ^a   McGuire, Mark A ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Cryoballoon; Phrenic nerve palsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOABLATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE BALLOON DEFLATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE PARALYSIS; NONSURGICAL INVASIVE THERAPY; PERSISTENT PHRENIC NERVE PALSY; PHANTOM; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIMULATION; WARMING;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CRYOSURGERY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARALYSIS; PHRENIC NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY VEINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84876689183     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2013.01.011     Document Type: Article

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