Modified Mini-Maze for Atrial Fibrillation with Interruption of Inferior Vena Cava
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Published:2021-12-17
Issue:6
Volume:24
Page:E1046-E1048
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ISSN:1522-6662
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Container-title:The Heart Surgery Forum
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language:
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Short-container-title:HSF
Author:
Xu Bijun,He Fan,Wang Shiqiang,Chen Huaidong,Zhang Weimin
Abstract
A 57-year-old female with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and an interrupted inferior vena cava (IVC) was referred to our hospital for radiofrequency ablation. Transseptal puncture and left atrium ablation failed through a standard IVC approach via the femoral vein due to intrahepatic interruption of IVC. We performed a modified mini-maze procedure in this patient through the left thoracic cavity under video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). We can successfully complete pulmonary vein (PV) isolation, left atrium box isolation, cardiac ganglia ablation, Marshall ligament ablation, and coronary sinus epicardium ablation using this technique.
Publisher
Carden Jennings Publishing Co.
Subject
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine,Surgery,General Medicine
Cited by
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