Successful use of “cryo-mapping” to avoid phrenic nerve damage during ostial superior vena caval ablation despite nerve proximity
- 7 March 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology
- Vol. 22 (1) , 23-30
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10840-008-9242-1
Abstract
The SVC may require ablation to treat atrial fibrillation. Phrenic nerve proximity identified with pacing maneuvers may preclude ablation.Keywords
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