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Right Phrenic Nerve Injury Following Electrical Disconnection of the Right Superior Pulmonary Vein
Author(s) -
LEE BONGKI,
CHOI KEEJOON,
KIM JUN,
RHEE KYOUNGSUK,
NAM GIBYOUNG,
KIM YOUHO
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
pacing and clinical electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.686
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1540-8159
pISSN - 0147-8389
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2004.00652.x
Subject(s) - medicine , disconnection , phrenic nerve , paresis , diaphragm (acoustics) , atrial fibrillation , radiofrequency ablation , pulmonary vein , cardiology , surgery , ablation , anesthesia , respiratory system , physics , political science , acoustics , law , loudspeaker
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.