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Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:359-360
© 1995 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Invited Commentary

Invited Commentary

James L. Cox, MD

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110

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See also page 354.

This article describes a group of 10 patients who underwent simultaneous surgical correction of atrial fibrillation and mitral valve disease. There are a few minor differences in the technique used by Itoh and associates and that previously described, but the important principles of the maze procedure were retained. Of importance was the performance of cryoablation of strategic sites, especially at the coronary sinus on the left side. I believe that cryoablating the coronary sinus is . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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