Incidence and characteristics of phrenic nerve palsy following pulmonary vein isolation with the second-generation as compared with the first-generation cryoballoon in 360 consecutive patients

Europace

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 574-578

  Fürnkranz, Alexander ^a   Bordignon, Stefano ^a   Schmidt, Boris ^a   Perrotta, Laura ^a   Dugo, Daniela ^a   De Lazzari, Manuel ^a   Schulte Hahn, Britta ^a   Nowak, Bernd ^a   Chun, Julian K R ^a  

^a AGAPLESION MARKUS KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ablation; Arrhythmia; Atrial fibrillation; Balloon; Phrenic nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAPPING CATHETER; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE PARALYSIS; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CRYOSURGERY; GERMANY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; INJURIES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; PULMONARY VEIN; RESPIRATORY PARALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; CATHETER ABLATION; COMORBIDITY; CRYOSURGERY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHRENIC NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY VEINS; RESPIRATORY PARALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84926631872     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euu320     Document Type: Article

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