Thoracoscopic epicardial pulmonary vein ablation for lone paroxysmal atrial fibrillation.
Surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation recently gained new popularity since the introduction of different energy sources for ablative therapy as an alternative to the original "cut-and-sew" techniques. However, most of the cases have been performed together with other cardiac surgical procedures and mainly through a standard median sternotomy approach. We report here the first European case of closed-chest thoracoscopic pulmonary vein isolation in a patient with lone paroxysmal atrial fibrillation.
Bisleri
Gianluigi
G
Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Brescia Medical School, Brescia, Italy. gianluigi_bisleri@katamail.com
Manzato
Aldo
A
Argenziano
Michael
M
Vigilance
Deon W
DW
Muneretto
Claudio
C
D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000601:surgery*; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000601:surgery*; D013906:Thoracoscopy