Respiratory Medicine
Volume 100, Issue 9 , Pages 1657-1659 , September 2006

Right hemi-diaphragm paralysis following cardiac radiofrequency ablation

  • E.B. Swallow

      Affiliations

    • Respiratory Muscle Laboratory, Royal Brompton Hospital, Fulham Road, London SW3 6NP, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +442073518029; fax: +442073518939.
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  • M.J. Dayer

      Affiliations

    • Respiratory Muscle Laboratory, Royal Brompton Hospital, Fulham Road, London SW3 6NP, UK
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  • W.L. Oldfield

      Affiliations

    • Respiratory Muscle Laboratory, Royal Brompton Hospital, Fulham Road, London SW3 6NP, UK
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  • J. Moxham

      Affiliations

    • Respiratory Muscle Laboratory, King's College Hospital, London, UK
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  • M.I. Polkey

      Affiliations

    • Respiratory Muscle Laboratory, Royal Brompton Hospital, Fulham Road, London SW3 6NP, UK

Received 15 December 2005 ,Accepted 31 December 2005.

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PII: S0954-6111(06)00005-9

doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2005.12.012

Respiratory Medicine
Volume 100, Issue 9 , Pages 1657-1659 , September 2006

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