Phrenic nerve injury: An underrecognized and potentially preventable complication of pulmonary vein isolation using a wide-area circumferential ablation approach

Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1086-1091

  Yong Ji, Sang ^a   Dewire, Jane ^a   Barcelon, Bernadette ^a   Philips, Binu ^a   Catanzaro, John ^a   Nazarian, Saman ^a   Cheng, Alan ^a   Spragg, David ^a   Tandri, Harikrishna ^a   Bansal, Sandeep ^a   Ashikaga, Hiroshi ^a   Rickard, Jack ^a   Kolandaivelu, Aravindan ^a   Sinha, Sunil ^a   Marine, Joseph E ^a   Calkins, Hugh ^a   Berger, Ronald ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; phrenic nerve capture; phrenic nerve injury; pulmonary vein isolation; radiofrequency ablation; wide area circumferential ablation

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART PACING; HUMAN; INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; PHRENIC NERVE; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY VEIN; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; PHRENIC NERVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VEINS; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85027918103     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jce.12210     Document Type: Article

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