title: Totally thoracoscopic ablation for treatment of atrial fibrillation after atrial septal defect device closure.
abstract: Atrial septal defect (ASD) is one of the most common congenital heart defects in adults. Surgical repair is the most common treatment approach, but device closure has recently become widely performed in accordance with the trend toward less invasive surgical approaches. Although surgery is recommended when ASD is accompanied by atrial fibrillation, this study reports a case in which a complete cure was achieved by closure of a device and totally thoracoscopic ablation.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Korea.
authors.forename: Young Su
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Departments of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Korea.
authors.forename: Dong Seop
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Jeong
authors.affiliation: Departments of Pediatrics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Korea.
authors.forename: I-Seok
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.affiliation: Departments of Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Korea.
authors.forename: Young Keun
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: On
keywords: 1. Atrial heart septal defects; 2. Atrial fibrillation; 3. Minimally invasive surgery