aDepartment of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, UCL Mont-Godinne, Yvoir, Belgium
bDepartment of Cardiology, UCL Mont-Godinne, Yvoir, Belgium
Abstract:
A simplified technique to treat patients in stand-alone atrial fibrillation with a right thoracoscopic approach is described. An electrical isolation of the four pulmonary veins (box lesion) is achieved with a microwave antenna.