Electromyographic monitoring for prevention of phrenic nerve palsy in second-generation cryoballoon procedures

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 303-307

  Franceschi, Frédéric ^a,b   Koutbi, Linda ^a   Gitenay, Edouard ^a   Hourdain, Jérome ^a   Maille, Baptiste ^a   Trévisan, Lory ^a   Deharo, Jean Claude ^a,b  

^a TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; cardiac arrhythmias; catheter ablation; phrenic nerve

Indexed keywords

ABLATION CATHETER; ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BALLOON CATHETER; CATHETER SHEATH; CRYOABLATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAPPING CATHETER; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PHRENIC NERVE PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; CATHETERIZATION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CRYOSURGERY; DEVICES; DIAPHRAGM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEART CATHETER; INJURIES; INNERVATION; LIVER VEIN; PARALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; PHRENIC NERVE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; PULMONARY VEIN; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC CATHETERS; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; CRYOSURGERY; DIAPHRAGM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARALYSIS; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; PHRENIC NERVE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY VEINS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR ACCESS DEVICES;

EID: 84932140818     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.115.002734     Document Type: Article

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