A prospective, single-center clinical trial of a modified Cox maze procedure with bipolar radiofrequency ablation
Read at the Twenty-ninth Annual Meeting of The Western Thoracic Surgical Association, Carlsbad, Calif, June 18-21, 2003.
Received 12 December 2003
,Revised 12 February 2004
,Accepted 26 February 2004.
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Modified Cox maze lesion set used in trial. IVC, Inferior vena cava; SVC, superior vena cava.
Modified Cox maze lesion set used in trial. IVC, Inferior vena cava; SVC, superior vena cava.
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Bipolar RF device (AtriCure, Inc, Cincinnati, Ohio).
Bipolar RF device (AtriCure, Inc, Cincinnati, Ohio).
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Bipolar RF clamp around left pulmonary veins.
Bipolar RF clamp around left pulmonary veins.
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Left atrium with left-sided maze lesions.
Left atrium with left-sided maze lesions.
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Four-chamber view of heart with MRI 1 month after modified CMP.
Four-chamber view of heart with MRI 1 month after modified CMP.
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Freedom from AF after modified CMP.
Freedom from AF after modified CMP.
PII: S0022-5223(04)00720-2
doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2004.02.044
© 2004 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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