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Catheter Ablation in Combination With Left Atrial Appendage Closure for Atrial Fibrillation
Published on: February 26, 2013
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Five-box thoracoscopic maze based on the Gemini-S bipolar ablation device to treat atrial fibrillation
Soren Schenk1, Andreas Terne2, Dirk Fritzsche3
1Sana Heart Center Cottbusd, Germany.
Multimedia Manual of Cardiothoracic Surgery : MMCTS
|October 18, 2021
Abstract:
Thoracoscopic atrial fibrillation ablation seeks to replicate the electrophysiological effects of more invasive, open surgical procedures. The authors present a lesion concept that includes isolation of the pulmonary veins, the left atrial posterior wall, and the superior vena cava, respectively, lines to inhibit perimitral and periauricular flutter circuits, and left atrial appendage closure. All lesions are tested for bidirectional block.

