Subclavian vein pacing and venous pressure waveform measurement for phrenic nerve monitoring during cryoballoon ablation of atrial fibrillation

Europace

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 884-890

  Ghosh, Justin ^a,b   Singarayar, Suresh ^b   Kabunga, Peter ^b   McGuire, Mark A ^a,b  

^a Mater Hospital   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cryoballoon; Phrenic nerve palsy

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CRYOABLATION; CRYOBALLOON ABLATION; DIAPHRAGM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; PHRENIC NERVE; PHRENIC NERVE PARALYSIS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; VENOUS PRESSURE; WAVEFORM; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRYOSURGERY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMORAL VEIN; HEART PACING; INJURIES; INNERVATION; INTRAOPERATIVE MONITORING; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PULSE WAVE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; COHORT STUDIES; CRYOSURGERY; DIAPHRAGM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMANS; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; PHRENIC NERVE; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR; VENOUS PRESSURE;

EID: 84939560255     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euu341     Document Type: Article

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