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Ann Thorac Surg 2004;77:1879-1880
© 2004 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Efficacy of the "box" lesion pattern in the treatment of atrial fibrillation in the presence of mitral valve disease

Gianluigi Bisleri, MD, Deon W. Vigilance, MD, Jeffrey A. Morgan, MD, Michael Argenziano, MD

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Columbia University—Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, Milstein Hospital Building, 7GN Floor, Room 435, 177 Fort Washington Ave, New York, NY, USA10032

e-mail: gianluigi_bisleri@katamail.com

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To the Editor:

The article by Kalil and associates [1] reports their experience using surgical isolation of the pulmonary veins to treat chronic atrial fibrillation in the presence of mitral valve disease in a small cohort of patients. The authors described a simplification of the surgical technique used by Cox and colleagues [2] by creating a simple circumferential incision around the ostia of all the pulmonary veins and excluding the left atrial appendage. No additional . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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