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Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1723
© 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Original Articles: Cardiovascular

Invited commentary

G. Hossein Almassi, MD

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, 9200 W Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53226

(Email: halmassi@mcw.edu).

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There has been an explosion in the number of operations directed at treating atrial arrhythmias and more specifically atrial fibrillation. This has been aided by technological advances and the availability of new energy sources substituted for the "cut and sew" technique as developed by Cox in the 1980s. These new energy sources have in turn led . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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