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Epicardial radiofrequency ablation for chronic atrial fibrillation undergoing simultaneous on-pump beating coronary artery bypass grafting
Authors:Yoichi Kikuchi   Taku Sakurada   Masato Suzuki   Tomoyasu Hirano  Katsuyuki Kusajima
Affiliation:(1) Section of Cardiothoracic Surgery, National Obihiro Hospital, Nishi-18, Kita-2, Obihiro, 080-0048 Hokkaido, Japan
Abstract:Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting has become an attractive surgical alternative for myocar-dial revascularization because of the advantage of myocardial protection and other benefits of patients. However, it is still regarded as a controversial treatment for the coronary artery disease accompanied by atrial fibrillation (AF). A significant number of patients in need of coronary revascularization have chronic AF. Although the Cox-Maze III procedure is the gold standard for the surgical treatment of AF, few of these patients undergo AF operations at the time of their coronary bypass grafting. We report herein a case of the pulmonary vein isolation to eliminate the AF by means of epicardial radiofrequency ablation combined with 2 vessels coronary artery bypass grafting on the beating heart with the aid of cardiopulmonary bypass.
Keywords:radiofrequency ablation  Maze procedure  atrial fibrillation
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