Treatment of lone atrial fibrillation with a right thoracoscopic approach.
A simplified technique to treat patients in stand-alone atrial fibrillation with a right thoracoscopic approach is described. An electrical isolation of the four pulmonary veins (box lesion) is achieved with a microwave antenna.
La Meir
Mark
M
Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, UCL Mont-Godinne, Yvoir, Belgium. mark.lameir@chex.ucl.ac.be
De Roy
Luc
L
Blommaert
Dominique
D
Buche
Michel
M
D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000601:surgery*; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008872:Microwaves / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000601:surgery*; D013906:Thoracoscopy / Q000379:methods*