Unilateral Left-sided Thoracoscopic Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation

B. Maesen; M. La Meir

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.01.057

Unilateral Left-sided Thoracoscopic Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation

B. Maesen^*, M. La Meir

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Abstract

Thoracoscopic surgical ablation has evolved into a valid and effective treatment option, especially in patients with more persistent forms of atrial fibrillation. A significant part of this development is due to the capability of biparietal bipolar radiofrequency clamps to create long-lasting transmural lesions. To date, all commercially available bipolar clamps require a bilateral thoracoscopic approach. Here, we describe the surgical technique of a unilateral left-sided thoracoscopic approach for surgical atrial fibrillation ablation on the beating heart.Copyright © 2020 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	E63-E66
Number of pages	4
Journal	Annals of Thoracic Surgery
Volume	110
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.01.057
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2020

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