The Cox-Maze procedure is an effective and successful method of surgical ablation. However, for lone atrial fibrillation cases, invasive sternotomy is not feasible. Patients with persistent atrial fibrillation can benefit by combining left atrial endocardial and epicardial interventions. A step-by-step approach of this hybrid totally thoracoscopic maze procedure is demonstrated in this video.
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November 27, 2019
The Thoracic Oncology 2019 Conference is now available on CTSNet.
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