The endoscopic MAZE procedure - minimally invasive surgical treatment of isolated atrial fibrillation

Minimally invasive surgery for atrial fibrillation-Wolf Mini Maze procedure.

Minimally Invasive Surgical Therapies for Atrial Fibrillation

Atrial fibrillation is the most common sustained arrhythmia and is associated with significant risks of thromboembolism, stroke, congestive heart failure, and death. There have been major advances in the management of atrial fibrillation including pharmacologic therapies, antithrombotic therapies, and ablation techniques. Surgery for atrial fibrillation, including both concomitant and stand-alo...

Minimally invasive surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation: six-month results.

BACKGROUND A minimally invasive surgery for treatment of atrial fibrillation was developed with bilateral pulmonary vein isolation, mapping, and ablation of the ganglionic plexi and excision of the left atrial appendage. A prospective multicenter registry was created to evaluate the outcomes. METHODS The procedure was performed through bilateral minithoracotomies with video assistance. It inc...

Minimally invasive hybrid ablation procedure for the treatment of persistent atrial fibrillation: one year results.

BACKGROUND The concept of a hybrid approach, combining the most effective techniques of surgical and endocardial catheter ablation has resulted in the creation of the convergent ablation procedure. This novel, pericardioscopic, hybrid approach can be an effective option for highly symptomatic patients with persistent atrial fibrillation (PSAF) and longstanding persistent atrial fibrillation (LS...

Lone atrial fibrillation ablation. Transcatheter or minimally invasive surgical approaches?

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most frequent supraventricular arrhythmia, and its therapy is still unsatisfactory. Different theories have been proposed to explain its mechanism. Nowadays it seems well accepted that both focal and re-entrant mechanisms are involved, playing a different role in the initiation and maintenance of the arrhythmia. Moreover, the importance of each mechanism varies i...