title: Thoracoscopic epicardial pulmonary vein ablation for lone paroxysmal atrial fibrillation.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Brescia Medical School, Brescia, Italy. gianluigi_bisleri@katamail.com
authors.forename: Gianluigi
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bisleri
authors.forename: Aldo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Manzato
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Argenziano
authors.forename: Deon W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Vigilance
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Muneretto
mesh_terms: D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000601:surgery*; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000601:surgery*; D013906:Thoracoscopy