Right Phrenic Nerve Injury Following Electrical Disconnection of the Right Superior Pulmonary Vein
- 29 October 2004
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology
- Vol. 27 (10) , 1444-1446
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-8159.2004.00652.x
Abstract
This report describes a case of transient paresis of the right diaphragm following the transcatheter radiofrequency ablation for the electrical disconnection of pulmonary veins, which recovered completely during the observational period in a 61‐year‐old woman with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. For electrical disconnection of pulmonary veins, careful preventive measures for phrenic nerve damage are required.Keywords
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