Treatment of lone atrial fibrillation with a right thoracoscopic approach.

La Meir, Mark;De Roy, Lucas;Blommaert, Dominique;Buche, Michel
(2007) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery — Vol. 83, n° 6, p. 2244-2245 (2007)

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  • La Meir, MarkUCLouvain
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  • De Roy, LucasUCLouvain
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  • Blommaert, DominiqueUCLouvain
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  • Buche, MichelUCLouvain
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Abstract
A simplified technique to treat patients in stand-alone atrial fibrillation with a right thoracoscopic approach is described. An electrical isolation of the four pulmonary veins (box lesion) is achieved with a microwave antenna.
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La Meir, M., De Roy, L., Blommaert, D., & Buche, M. (2007). Treatment of lone atrial fibrillation with a right thoracoscopic approach. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 83(6), 2244-2245. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.08.004 (Original work published 2007)