title: Mini-partial heart autotransplantation: a different way to perform the Cox-maze III.
abstract: The Cox-maze III procedure is the gold standard for the surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation. Because of its complexity, this procedure has not been widely accepted by cardiac surgeons. We describe a technique that allows one to work on the mitral valve while more safely performing the standard 'cut-and-sew' Cox-maze III procedure at the same time.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Hospital of Cardiology UMAE 34, IMSS, Monterrey, Nuevo León, México ovidiogv@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Ovidio A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: García-Villarreal
mesh_terms: D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000601:surgery*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous
keywords: Atrial fibrillation; Cardiac arrhythmias; Cardiac surgical procedures; Heart atria; Mitral valve; Mitral valve annuloplasty