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Surgical Ablation Techniques: Minimally Invasive Ablation (minimaze)
Dr. Haşim ÜSTÜNSOYa
aGaziantep Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Kalp Damar Cerrahisi ABD, GAZİANTEP Atrial fibrillation is the most common sustained arrhytmia in general population. Surgical ablation (Cox-Maze) of atrial fibrillation is the most effective of curing this arrhytmia. A complex operation, the Cox-Maze procedure has been applied by relatively few surgeons. However recent advances in the understanding of the pathogenesis of atrial fibrillation and development of new ablation technologies unable surgeons to perform pulmonary vein ablation and remove the left atrial appendage safely using thoracoscopic and/or mini thoracotomy approaches without cardiopulmonary bypass.Keywords: Atrial fibrillation, radiofrequency ablation, mini-mazeTurkiye Klinikleri J Cardiovasc Surg-Spiecal Topics 2008, 1:49-53
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