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Concomitant Maze IV Ablation Procedure Performed Entirely by Bipolar Clamp Through Right Lateral Minithoracotomy Ju Mei, MD, PhD, Nan Ma, MD, PhD, Zhaolei Jiang, MD, PhD, Dongfang Zhao, BA, Chunrong Bao, MD, PhD, Fangbao Ding, MD, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 102, Issue 5, Pages e473-e475 (November 2016) DOI: /j.athoracsur Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
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Fig 1 Ablation of left pulmonary veins by clamp. (A) The two catheters to guide the clamp. (B) The passage of the clamp. (C) The clamp in position. (D) The ablation line. (LPV = left pulmonary vein; RPV = right pulmonary vein.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery , e473-e475DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
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Fig 2 Ablation of left atrium by clamp. (A) Ablation of right pulmonary veins by clamp. (B) Ablation across the roof of the left atrium toward the left superior pulmonary vein. (C) Ablation across the floor of the left atrium towards the left inferior pulmonary vein. (D) Ablation of mitral isthmus. (RPV = right pulmonary vein.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery , e473-e475DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
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Fig 3 Excision and ablation of LAA. (A) The LAA was pulled into the left atrium. (B) Excision of the LAA. (C) Ablation from the LAA incision to the left superior pulmonary vein. (LAA = left atrial appendage.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery , e473-e475DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
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