Phrenic Nerve Injury During Cryoballoon-Based Pulmonary Vein Isolation: Results of the Worldwide YETI Registry.
Christian-Hendrick HeegerChristian SohnsAlexander PottAndreas MetznerOsamu InabaFlorian StraubeMalte KunissArash AryanaShinsuke MiyazakiSerkan ÇayJoachim R EhrlichIbrahim El-BattrawyMartin MartinekArdan Muammer SagunerVerena TschollKivanc YalinEvgeny LyanWilber SuMaichel Sobhy Naguib BotrosAlessio GasperettiRiccardo ProiettiErik WissnerDaniel ScherrMasashi KamiokaHisaki MakimotoTsuyoshi UrushidaTolga AksuKyoung-Ryul Julian ChunKudret AytemirEwa Jędrzejczyk-PatejKarl-Heinz KuckTillman DahmeDaniel StevenPhilipp SommerRoland Richard TilzPublished in: Circulation. Arrhythmia and electrophysiology (2021)
The incidence of PNI during cryoballoon-based PVI was 4.2%. Overall 97% of PNI recovered within 12 months. Symptomatic and permanent PNI is exceedingly rare in patients after cryoballoon-based PVI. The YETI score estimates the prognosis after iatrogenic cryoballoon-derived PNI. Registration: URL: https://www.clinicaltrials.gov; Unique identifier: NCT03645577. Graphic Abstract: A graphic abstract is available for this article.