Imaging before cryoablation of atrial fibrillation: Is phrenic nerve palsy predictable?

Europace

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 505-510

  Canpolat, Uǧur ^a   Aytemir, Kudret ^a   Hizal, Mustafa ^a   Hazirolan, Tuncay ^a   Yorgun, Hikmet ^a   Şahiner, Levent ^a   Kaya, Ergün Bariş ^a   Oto, Ali ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Computerized tomography; Cryoballoon; Phrenic nerve palsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY; ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CRYOABLATION; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NERVE PARALYSIS; PHRENIC NERVE; PHRENIC NERVE PARALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT PERICARDIOPHRENIC ARTERY; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CRYOSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CRYOSURGERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PARALYSIS; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; PHRENIC NERVE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PULMONARY VEINS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84898897363     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eut155     Document Type: Article

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