Impact on clinical outcome of premature interruption of cryoenergy delivery due to phrenic nerve palsy during second generation cryoballoon ablation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 950-955

  Chierchia, Gian Battista ^a   Mugnai, Giacomo ^a   Hunuk, Burak ^a   Ströker, Erwin ^a   Velagic, Vedran ^a   Saitoh, Yukio ^a   Irfan, Ghazala ^a   Hacioglu, Ebru ^a   Ciconte, Giuseppe ^a   Brugada, Pedro ^a   De Asmundis, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; catheter ablation; cryoablation; cryoballoon; phrenic nerve palsy

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT;

ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CRYOBALLOON ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREEZING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; PHRENIC NERVE PARALYSIS; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE;

EID: 84941189583     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jce.12718     Document Type: Article

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