A multidisciplinary approach to the minimally invasive pulmonary vein isolation for treatment of atrial fibrillation.
Bilateral pulmonary vein isolation along with amputation of the left atrial appendage has become a well-recognized technique for the management of atrial fibrillation. We describe our multidisciplinary approach to minimally invasive bilateral pulmonary vein isolation, left atrial appendage resection, and ablation of autonomic ganglia.
Stamou
Sotiris C
SC
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Khabbaz
Kamal R
KR
Mahmood
Feroze
F
Zimetbaum
Peter
P
Hagberg
Robert C
RC
D020517:Atrial Appendage / Q000601:surgery; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000601:surgery*; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000379:methods*; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005725:Ganglia, Autonomic / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000601:surgery*; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D013528:Surgical Staplers; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional