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Warm Beating Heart, Robotic Endoscopic Cox-Cryomaze: An Approach for Treating Atrial Fibrillation

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York
^b South Florida Cardiovascular Surgical Associates, Plantation, Florida

Accepted for publication July 16, 2008.

^_* Address correspondence to Dr Roberts, Jr, South Florida Cardiovascular Surgical Associates, 350 NW 84th Ave, Suite 300, Plantation, FL 33324 (Email: hgrmd{at}aol.com).

With recent technological advancements, an increasing number of minimally invasive approaches are being explored as potential alternatives to the traditional cut-and-sew Cox maze III for treating atrial fibrillation. We describe an approach for treating atrial fibrillation that consists of a warm beating heart, robotic endoscopic Cox-cryomaze with a full set of left atrial argon-based cryolesions.

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