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

    Phrenic nerve (PN) injury is a typical complication of cryoballoon ablation (CBA) of pulmonary veins. The PN function is monitored by palpating the abdomen during PN pacing, and freezing is prematurely termina...

    Kaoru Okishige, Hideshi Aoyagi in Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrop… (2018)

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    Reappraisal of the clinical implications of adenosine triphosphate in terms of the prediction of reconnection sites in cases with electrical isolation of the pulmonary veins

    Dormant conduction (DC) induced by intravenous adenosine triphosphate (ATP) after pulmonary vein (PV) isolation (PVI) could predict subsequent PV reconnection (RC) sites. This study aimed to investigate the re...

    Kaoru Okishige, Hideshi Aoyagi in Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrop… (2015)

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    The radio frequency catheter ablation of inter-fascicular reentrant tachycardia: new insights into the electrophysiological and anatomical characteristics

    Macro-reentrant ventricular tachycardias (VT) utilizing the bundle branches and Purkinje fibers have been reported as verapamil sensitive VT (idiopathic left VT), bundle branch reentrant VT (BBRT) and inter-fa...

    Kaoru Okishige, Harumizu Sakurada in Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrop… (2014)