Phrenic Nerve Injury After Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation

Phrenic Nerve Injury After Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation

Phrenic Nerve Injury (PNI) has been well studied by cardiac surgeons. More recently it has been recognized as a potential complication of catheter ablation with a prevalence of 0.11 to 0.48 % after atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation. This review will focus on PNI after AF ablation. Anatomi...

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Main Authors: Jacques Clementy, Meleze Hocini, Mark D O'Neill, Kent Stephenson, Pierre Jais, Frederic Sacher, William G Stevenson, Michel Haissaguerre
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2007-01-01
Series:Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal
Subjects:
Phrenic nerve injury
Catheter ablation
Atrial Fibrillation
Online Access:http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1764817

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