Phrenic nerve palsy during right-sided pulmonary veins cryoapplications: new insights from pulmonary vein anatomy addressed by computed tomography.

Riccardo MajGianluca BorioErwin StrökerJuan SieiraAlessandro RizzoAlessio GalliVarnavas VarnavasMaysam Al HousariDimitrios SofianosShuichiro KazawaMuryo TerasawaGezim BalaFederico CecchiniSaverio IacopinoThiago Guimarães OsórioNicoleta SoraPedro BrugadaCarlo De AsmundisGian Battista Chierchia

Published in: Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing (2020)

PNP in both right-sided PVs applications is a complication that occurred in 2.1% of cases during CB-A. Pre-procedural evaluation of right PVs anatomy might be useful in evaluating the risk of PNP.

Keyphrases

computed tomography
pulmonary hypertension
positron emission tomography
magnetic resonance imaging
peripheral nerve
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dual energy
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