title: Treatment of lone atrial fibrillation with a right thoracoscopic approach.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, UCL Mont-Godinne, Yvoir, Belgium. mark.lameir@chex.ucl.ac.be
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: La Meir
authors.forename: Luc
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: De Roy
authors.forename: Dominique
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Blommaert
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Buche
mesh_terms: 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*