A Simplified Method to Detect Phrenic Nerve Injury During Cryoballoon Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation Using Lead aVF of the Surface ECG

Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2021 Aug;14(8):e009986. doi: 10.1161/CIRCEP.121.009986. Epub 2021 Aug 16.

Authors

Nicolas Schaerli^{1

2}, Patrick Badertscher^{1

2}, Florian Spies^{1

2}, Antonio Madaffari^{1

2}, Stefan Osswald^{1

2}, Christian Sticherling^{1

2}, Michael Kühne^#^{1

2}, Sven Knecht^#^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology/Electrophysiology (N.S., P.B., F.S., A.M., S.O., C.S., M.K., S.K.), University Hospital Basel, Switzerland.
² Cardiovascular Research Institute Basel (CRIB) (N.S., P.B., F.S., A.M., S.O., C.S., M.K., S.K.), University Hospital Basel, Switzerland.

^# Contributed equally.

PMID: 34397268
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.121.009986

No abstract available

Keywords: catheter ablation; diaphragm; electrocardiography; injury; isolation; phrenic nerve; pulmonary vein.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Atrial Fibrillation / physiopathology
Atrial Fibrillation / surgery*
Cryosurgery / adverse effects*
Electrocardiography / methods*
Female
Humans
Intraoperative Complications / diagnosis*
Intraoperative Complications / etiology
Male
Middle Aged
Peripheral Nerve Injuries / diagnosis*
Peripheral Nerve Injuries / etiology
Phrenic Nerve / injuries*
Treatment Outcome