Femoral venous pressure waveform as indicator of phrenic nerve injury in the setting of second-generation cryoballoon ablation Vrije Universiteit Brussel KU Leuven
AIMS: Femoral venous pressure waveform (VPW) analysis has been recently described as a novel method to assess phrenic nerve function during atrial fibrillation ablation procedures by means of the cryoballoon technique. In this study, we sought to evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of this technique, with respect to the incidence of phrenic nerve injury (PNI), in comparison with the traditional abdominal palpation technique alone.
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