INTRODUCTION Diaphragm elevation caused by diaphragm dysfunction due to phrenic nerve injury is a well-recognized complication after cardiac surgery, with a reported incidence ranging from 1.2% to 60% ...

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On the heels of the first pulsed-field ablation device to win approval for atrial fibrillation ablation, a novel version of the technology appears to improve the durability of AF control over 1 ...

This can stimulate the phrenic nerve at the diaphragm, causing referred pain. Referred pain occurs at a location other than where the real source of pain exists.

Phrenic nerve stimulation can reduce pulmonary artery pressure, and the specific effects can be reflected in the reduction of PaCO 2, the increase of 6-min walking distance and the promotion of ...

Phrenic nerve trauma in the absence of direct injury is unusual and may present diagnostic difficulty. Diaphragmatic paralysis resulting from phrenic nerve injury may closely mimic diaphragmatic ...

Background A substantial body of evidence demonstrates that myocardial revascularisation using bilateral internal mammary arteries (BIMA) improves long-term survival compared with single/left internal ...

OBJECTIVE To investigate transthoracic Doppler echocardiography in the identification of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) flow for assessing graft patency. DESIGN The initial study group comprised ...

Comparing 3-month and 1-year patency rates of no-touch great saphenous vein and pedicled left internal mammary artery in off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting: a prospective non-inferiority study ...

Direct damage to the phrenic nerve by electrocautery during the preparation of the internal mammary artery may also occur. 26 Unilateral damage of the phrenic nerve is usually of little clinical ...