• Eur J Cardiothorac Surg · Apr 2010

    A left atrial ablation with bipolar irrigated radio-frequency for atrial fibrillation during minimally invasive mitral valve surgery.

    • Marco Solinas, Stefano Bevilacqua, Jamshid H Karimov, and Mattia Glauber.
    • Department of Adult Cardiac Surgery, "Monasterio Foundation", Heart Hospital, Via Aurelia Sud, 54100 Massa, Italy. solinas@ifc.cnr.it
    • Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2010 Apr 1;37(4):965-6.

    AbstractMinimally invasive mitral valve surgery is becoming increasingly popular worldwide. Mitral valve disease is often associated with atrial fibrillation (AF), also due to the ageing of the population. We present a technique to perform a left atrial ablation with bipolar irrigated radio-frequency (RF) through a single right thoracotomy. We have operated on eight patients: six female with a mean age 68+/-8 years. Six patients suffered from permanent AF and other two from paroxysmal AF.Copyright (c) 2009 European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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