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Ann Thorac Surg 2005;80:e22-e25
© 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Innovative Monolateral Approach for Closed-Chest Atrial Fibrillation Surgery

Gianluigi Bisleri, MD * , Claudio Muneretto, MD

Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Brescia Medical School, Brescia, Italy

Accepted for publication June 3, 2005.

* Address correspondence to Dr Bisleri, UDA Cardiochirurgia–Spedali Civili, P.le Spedali Civili, 1, Brescia, 25123 Italy (Email: gianluigi_bisleri{at}katamail.com).

Surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation recently gained new popularity since the introduction of different energy sources as an alternative to the original cut-and-sew technique. Recently an innovative approach for closed-chest thoracoscopic epicardial pulmonary veins isolation has been described for patients suffering from lone atrial fibrillation. Nevertheless in an effort to further reduce the invasiveness of closed-chest atrial fibrillation surgery, we developed a novel monolateral approach for thoracoscopic arrhythmia surgery.






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