Phrenic Nerve Injury During Isolation of the Superior Vena Cava: Prevention Using Diaphragmatic Compound Motor Action Potentials - "Primum Nil Nocere."

J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2016 Apr;27(4):396-8. doi: 10.1111/jce.12946. Epub 2016 Mar 1.
No abstract available

Keywords: atrial fibrillation; catheter ablation; phrenic nerve injury; superior vena cava.

Publication types

  • Editorial
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Action Potentials
  • Atrial Fibrillation / surgery
  • Catheter Ablation
  • Diaphragm / innervation
  • Humans
  • Phrenic Nerve / injuries*
  • Pulmonary Veins / surgery
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vena Cava, Superior / surgery*