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Ann Thorac Surg 2005;79:389
© 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Correspondence

Recurrence of Atrial Fibrillation and Flutter After Atrial Compartment Operation: Modified Atrial Incisions and Role of Amiodarone

Vidyadhar Lad, MCh, FRCS

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, National Heart Center, 17 Third Hospital Ave, Mistri Wing, Singapore 168 752, Singapore

vslad@rediffmail.com
vidlad@yahoo.com

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To the Editor:

I read with interest the article on the atrial compartment operation by Lo and associates [1] and congratulate them on their excellent work. The biggest virtues of this operation are its simplicity, its conservative nature, and its good control of arrhythmias.

Isolation of the atrium has been achieved by the "corridor" procedure [2] and by the left atrial (LA) isolation procedure [3]. Atrial compartment operations, in most instances, allow connection between the right and left atria [4]. The perplexing issue is "why in the rest, the left atrium, gets isolated?" I believe that extending the posterior . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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