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A modified surgical ablation line for atrial fibrillation. The Bachmann line |
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| Authors: | Giuseppe Nasso MD Giuseppe De Martino MD Marco Moscarelli MD Raffaele Bonifazi MD Mario Gaudino MD Nicola Di Bari MD Giuseppe Speziale MD |
| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Maria Cecilia Hospital, GVM Care & Research, Cotignola, Ravenna, Italy;2. Cardiocentro Clinica Mediterranea, Napoli, Italy;3. Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York |
| Abstract: | Surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation generally consists in the isolation of the pulmonary veins (“box-lesion”). Bachmann's bundle is a cardiac structure that may play an important role in the genesis of the atrial fibrillation. Surgical isolation of such bundle has not been reported before. We aim to describe how to perform minimally invasive epicardial pulmonary vein isolation along with the isolation of the Bachmann's bundle. Adding the surgical ablation line of Bachmann's bundle is a feasible, fast, and easy procedure that may be contribute to the reduction of atrial fibrillation relapses. |
| Keywords: | atrial fibrillation hybrid treatment long-standing atrial fibrillation minimally invasive ablation |