TY - JOUR
T1 - Epicardial ablation of atrial fibrillation on the beating heart without cardiopulmonary bypass
AU - Mazzitelli, Domenico
AU - Park, Chul Hyun
AU - Park, Kook Yang
AU - Benetti, Federico J.
AU - Lange, Ruediger
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - The Cox-Maze procedure is the gold standard in surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation. Alternative techniques using cryoablation, radiofrequency, or microwaves have been proven to be equally effective. However, up to now, all techniques require the opening of the atria and, hence, the use of extracorporeal circulation. We describe a technique to perform epicardial ablation of atrial fibrillation on the beating heart without the use of cardiopulmonary bypass.
AB - The Cox-Maze procedure is the gold standard in surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation. Alternative techniques using cryoablation, radiofrequency, or microwaves have been proven to be equally effective. However, up to now, all techniques require the opening of the atria and, hence, the use of extracorporeal circulation. We describe a technique to perform epicardial ablation of atrial fibrillation on the beating heart without the use of cardiopulmonary bypass.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0036147912&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/S0003-4975(01)03394-X
DO - 10.1016/S0003-4975(01)03394-X
M3 - Article
C2 - 11834045
AN - SCOPUS:0036147912
SN - 0003-4975
VL - 73
SP - 320
EP - 321
JO - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
JF - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
IS - 1
ER -