Novel method for earlier detection of phrenic nerve injury during cryoballoon applications for electrical isolation of pulmonary veins in patients with atrial fibrillation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1810-1816

  Okishige, Kaoru ^a   Aoyagi, Hideshi ^a   Kawaguchi, Naohiko ^a   Katoh, Nobutaka ^a   Yamashita, Mitsumi ^a   Nakamura, Tomofumi ^a   Kurabayashi, Manabu ^a   Suzuki, Hidetoshi ^a   Asano, Mitsutoshi ^a   Gotoh, Kentarou ^a   Shimura, Tsukasa ^a   Yamauchi, Yasuteru ^a   Kanazawa, Toshirou ^a   Sasano, Tetsuo ^b   Hirao, Kenzo ^b  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY MINATO RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Cryoballoon; Phrenic nerve palsy

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOABLATION; DIAPHRAGM; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE INJURY; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; AGED; CRYOSURGERY; DEVICES; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART PACING; INJURIES; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PULMONARY VEIN;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CRYOSURGERY; DIAPHRAGM; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; PHRENIC NERVE; PULMONARY VEINS;

EID: 85006448405     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2016.05.003     Document Type: Article

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