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Ann Thorac Surg 2007;84:1041-1042
© 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation With Minimally Invasive Mitral Surgery

A. Marc Gillinov, MD*, Lars G. Svensson, MD, PhD

Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio

Accepted for publication January 3, 2007.

* Address correspondence to Dr Gillinov, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery/F24, 9500 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44195 (Email: gillinom{at}ccf.org).

With the advent of minimally invasive mitral valve surgery, transeptal exposure of the mitral valve has become increasingly popular. While this approach provides excellent exposure of the mitral valve, it necessitates development of novel strategies for concomitant ablation in patients with atrial fibrillation. We describe a technique for creation of a biatrial lesion set for atrial fibrillation ablation that is easily employed using the transeptal approach to the mitral valve.






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