title: Technical tips for concomitant off-pump epicardial pulmonary vein isolation.
abstract: Combination of off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting and epicardial pulmonary vein (PV) isolation is a less-invasive option to treat atrial fibrillation and coronary artery disease simultaneously. However, the exposure and clamping of the left PV on a beating heart are technically challenging. We here demonstrate technical tips to perform off-pump concomitant epicardial PV isolation easily using a tape through the transverse pericardial sinus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Sakakibara Heart Institute of Okayama, 2-1-10 Marunouchi, Kita-ku, Okayama 700-0823, Japan. toshinoritotsugawa@mac.com
authors.forename: Toshinori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Totsugawa
authors.forename: Masahiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kuinose
authors.forename: Hidenori
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yoshitaka
authors.forename: Yoshimasa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tsushima
authors.forename: Atsuhisa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ishida
mesh_terms: D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000295:instrumentation; D047549:Coronary Artery Bypass, Off-Pump; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010496:Pericardium; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000601:surgery*; D012008:Recurrence; D053832:Surgical Tape; D016896:Treatment Outcome