Warm Beating Heart, Robotic Endoscopic Cox-Cryomaze: An Approach for Treating Atrial Fibrillation

With recent technological advancements, an increasing number of minimally invasive approaches are being explored as potential alternatives to the traditional cut-and-sew Cox maze III for treating atrial fibrillation. We describe an approach for treating atrial fibrillation that consists of a warm be...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Annals of thoracic surgery 2009-03, Vol.87 (3), p.966-968
Hauptverfasser:	Cheema, Faisal H., MD, Weisberg, Jeffrey S., PAC, MPH, Khalid, Imran, MD, Roberts, Harold G., MD
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy Atrial Fibrillation - surgery Biological and medical sciences Cardiac dysrhythmias Cardiac Surgical Procedures - methods Cardiology. Vascular system Cardiothoracic Surgery Cryosurgery - methods Endoscopy Female Heart Humans Medical sciences Middle Aged Pneumology Robotics Surgery
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Zusammenfassung:	With recent technological advancements, an increasing number of minimally invasive approaches are being explored as potential alternatives to the traditional cut-and-sew Cox maze III for treating atrial fibrillation. We describe an approach for treating atrial fibrillation that consists of a warm beating heart, robotic endoscopic Cox-cryomaze with a full set of left atrial argon-based cryolesions.
ISSN:	0003-4975 1552-6259
DOI:	10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.07.045