Quick, safe, and effective maneuver to prevent phrenic nerve injury during cryoballoon ablation of atrial fibrillation.

Kaoru OkishigeHideshi AoyagiTakatoshi ShigetaRena A NakamuraTakuro NishimuraYasuteru YamauchiTakehiko KeidaTetsuo SasanoKenzo Hirao

Published in: Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing (2018)

The PBM was an effective maneuver to prevent PN injury by creating a distance between the PN and location of the cryoballoon. No adverse events were provoked by this procedure.

Keyphrases

atrial fibrillation
catheter ablation
radiofrequency ablation
left atrial appendage
left atrial
oral anticoagulants
direct oral anticoagulants
heart failure
percutaneous coronary intervention
minimally invasive
peripheral nerve
acute coronary syndrome
left ventricular
mitral valve