The incidence of phrenic nerve injury during pulmonary vein isolation using the second-generation 28 mm cryoballoon

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 466-470

  Metzner, Andreas ^a   Rausch, Peter ^a   Lemes, Christine ^a   Reissmann, Bruno ^a   Bardyszewski, Alexander ^a   Tilz, Roland ^a   Rillig, Andreas ^a   Mathew, Shibu ^a   Deiss, Sebastian ^a   Kamioka, Masashi ^a   Toennis, Tobias ^a   Lin, Tina ^a   Ouyang, Feifan ^a   Kuck, Karl Heinz ^a   Wissner, Erik ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; catheter ablation; cryoablation; cryoballoon ablation; phrenic nerve mapping; pulmonary vein isolation

Indexed keywords

ABLATION DEVICE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON; CRYOBALLOON; DIAGNOSTIC CATHETER; DIAPHRAGM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREEZING; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAPPING CATHETER; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE INJURY; PHRENIC NERVE INJURY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CONVALESCENCE; CRYOSURGERY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GERMANY; HEART CATHETER; INCIDENCE; INNERVATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; PHRENIC NERVE; PULMONARY VEIN; SURGERY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC CATHETERS; CRYOSURGERY; DIAPHRAGM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; PHRENIC NERVE; PULMONARY VEINS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84899635663     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jce.12358     Document Type: Article

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