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Surgical Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation: The Time Is Now

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1 Surgical Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation: The Time Is Now
Jeffrey A. Poynter, MD, Daniel J. Beckman, MD, Aaron M. Abarbanell, MD, Jeremy L. Herrmann, MD, Mariuxi C. Manukyan, MD, Brent R. Weil, MD, Karen Bumb, MD, Daniel R. Meldrum, MD  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  Volume 90, Issue 6, Pages (December 2010) DOI: /j.athoracsur Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

2 Fig 1 Classification scheme for recurrent atrial fibrillation. (SR = sinus rhythm.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

3 Fig 2 Schematic representation of initiation of atrial macro-reentry circuits by a micro-reentry trigger located in a pulmonary vein. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

4 Fig 3 The Cox-Maze IV lesion set. The majority of lesions have been replaced with lines of ablation. (IVC = inferior vena cava; SVC = superior vena cava.) (Reprinted from Lee AM, et al, Surg Clin N Am 2009;89:1001–20 [42], copyright 2009, by permission of Elsevier.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

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