Letter to the Editor Should we always perform radio - frequency ablation while resecting atrial myxomas ?

Should we always perform radio-frequency ablation while resecting atrial myxomas?

We thank the authors for this article [1]. We noticed that two of our cases developed arterioatrial fistulae after resection of the myxoma while we were investigating our cases [2,3]. Your excellent image demonstrated that this myxoma tissue possessed three arterial branches. Demonstration of these nutrient arteries suggested that, in any case, even though the nutrient arteries of the myxoma co...

Radio Frequency ‘Sutureless’ Fistulotomy: An Effective Modification of the Conventional Technique

Letter to the Editor: "Evaluate the effects of curcumin on the prevention of atrial and ventricular arrhythmias and heart failure in patients with unstable angina"

Dear editor In a recent issue of the journal, Dastani et al. (2019) evaluate the effects of curcumin on the prevention of atrial and ventricular arrhythmias and heart failure in patients with unstable angina. Despite the fact that the topic was interesting, there were some defects and we wish to call to your attention important factual issues in this publication. The most cr...

Intraoperative Monopolar Radiofrequency Ablation in Chronic Atrial Flutter with Concomitant Pulmonary Stenosis

We successfully treated a 54 year old woman suffering pulmonary stenosis with chronic and drug resistant atrial flutter by means of intraoperative radiofrequency ablation. Ablation applied to the cavotricuspid isthmus by a visible monopolar electrode is easy to perform as a concomitant procedure during repair of congenital structural heart disease.

Letter to Editor

Dear Editor-in-chief of the Journal of Surgery and Trauma An article titled: (Evaluation of the results of direct laryngoscopy of patients with larynx and hypopharynx signs and lesions in ENT specialized medical centers of Birjand city) Which was published by Mr. Mofaateh et al. In issue No. 1-2, Volume 4-2016 (1), Thanks and respect to the cherished writers, a few points are worth mentioning:...