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Ann Thorac Surg 2006;82:2264
© 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

New Technology

Invited commentary

Adam E. Saltman, MD, PhD

CT Surgery, UMass, 4802 Tenth Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11219

(Email: adam.saltman@umassmed.edu).

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Williams and colleagues [1] describe their preclinical experience with a new energy source for the ablation of atrial tissue: the 980-nm laser. Because it was used through a thoracotomy and can be wrapped around the pulmonary veins as a flexible fiber, it potentially provides surgeons with another tool to accompany microwave and ultrasound as we progress toward . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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