Intentional pneumothorax avoids collateral damage: Dynamic phrenic nerve mobilization through intrathoracic insufflation of carbon dioxide

HeartRhythm Case Rep. 2019 Jul 20;5(9):480-484. doi: 10.1016/j.hrcr.2019.07.007. eCollection 2019 Sep.

Authors

Rajan L Shah¹, Alexander Perino¹, Oluwatomisin Obafemi², Anson Lee², Nitish Badhwar¹

Affiliations

¹ Section of Cardiac Electrophysiology, Division of Cardiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.
² Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.

No abstract available

Keywords: Carbon dioxide insufflation; Catheter ablation; Hybrid; Intentional pneumothorax; Phrenic nerve.

Publication types

Case Reports