Warm beating heart, robotic endoscopic Cox-cryomaze: an approach for treating atrial fibrillation.
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.
Cheema
Faisal H
FH
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York, USA
Weisberg
Jeffrey S
JS
Khalid
Imran
I
Roberts
Harold G
HG
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