title: Warm beating heart, robotic endoscopic Cox-cryomaze: an approach for treating atrial fibrillation.
abstract: With recent technological advancements, an increasing number of minimally invasive approaches are being explored as potential alternatives to the traditional cut-and-sew Cox maze III for treating atrial fibrillation. We describe an approach for treating atrial fibrillation that consists of a warm beating heart, robotic endoscopic Cox-cryomaze with a full set of left atrial argon-based cryolesions.
authors.affiliation: College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York, USA
authors.forename: Faisal H
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Cheema
authors.forename: Jeffrey S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Weisberg
authors.forename: Imran
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Khalid
authors.forename: Harold G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Roberts
mesh_terms: D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000601:surgery*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D003452:Cryosurgery / Q000379:methods; D004724:Endoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012371:Robotics