Heart Rhythm
Volume 6, Issue 7 , Pages 957-961, July 2009

Prevention of phrenic nerve injury during epicardial ablation: Comparison of methods for separating the phrenic nerve from the epicardial surface

  • Luigi Di Biase, MD

      Affiliations

    • Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute, St. David's Medical Center, Austin, Texas
    • Department of Cardiology, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy
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  • J. David Burkhardt, MD

      Affiliations

    • Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute, St. David's Medical Center, Austin, Texas
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  • Gemma Pelargonio, MD

      Affiliations

    • Catholic University, Rome, Italy
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  • Antonio Dello Russo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Catholic University, Rome, Italy
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  • Michela Casella, MD

      Affiliations

    • Catholic University, Rome, Italy
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  • Pietro Santarelli, MD

      Affiliations

    • Catholic University, Rome, Italy
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  • Rodney Horton, MD

      Affiliations

    • Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute, St. David's Medical Center, Austin, Texas
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  • Javier Sanchez, MD

      Affiliations

    • Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute, St. David's Medical Center, Austin, Texas
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  • Joseph G. Gallinghouse, MD

      Affiliations

    • Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute, St. David's Medical Center, Austin, Texas
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  • Amin Al-Ahmad, MD

      Affiliations

    • Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
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  • Paul Wang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
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  • Jennifer E. Cummings, MD

      Affiliations

    • Akron General Hospital, Akron, Ohio
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  • Robert A. Schweikert, MD

      Affiliations

    • Akron General Hospital, Akron, Ohio
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  • Andrea Natale, MD, FHRS

      Affiliations

    • Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute, St. David's Medical Center, Austin, Texas
    • Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
    • Akron General Hospital, Akron, Ohio
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Andrea Natale, 1015 East 32nd Street, Austin, TX 78705

Received 26 January 2009; accepted 12 March 2009. published online 20 March 2009.

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PII: S1547-5271(09)00297-5

doi:10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.03.022

Heart Rhythm
Volume 6, Issue 7 , Pages 957-961, July 2009