Clinical experience with a novel electromyographic approach to preventing phrenic nerve injury during cryoballoon ablation in atrial fibrillation

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 605-611

  Mondésert, Blandine ^a   Andrade, Jason G ^a   Khairy, Paul ^a   Guerra, Peter G ^a   Shohoudi, Azadeh ^a   Dyrda, Katia ^a   Macle, Laurent ^a   Rivard, Léna ^a   Thibault, Bernard ^a   Talajic, Mario ^a   Roy, Denis ^a   Dubuc, Marc ^a  

^a MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Cryosurgery

Indexed keywords

ABLATION CATHETER; ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING TIME; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPOUND MOTOR ACTION POTENTIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYOABLATION; DIAPHRAGM MOVEMENT; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAPPING CATHETER; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE INJURY; NERVE PARALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHRENIC NERVE; PHRENIC NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOSURGERY; DIAPHRAGM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HEART FUNCTION TEST; INJURY; INNERVATION; METHODOLOGY; PARALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOSURGERY;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CRYOSURGERY; DIAPHRAGM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PARALYSIS; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; PHRENIC NERVE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84907865792     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.113.001238     Document Type: Article

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