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20868779

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-9-27
pubmed:abstractText
We describe a case of epicardial surgical ablation of drug refractory lone atrial fibrillation in a pediatric patient. Minimally invasive radiofrequency equipment was used off-pump through a right mini-thoracotomy. Electrical isolation of the pulmonary veins cuffs was obtained. The preoperative electrophysiological study identified a macro re-entrant circuit around the pulmonary veins orifices as the mechanism of arrhythmia triggering. At follow-up, the patient is in stable sinus rhythm and there is no evidence of pulmonary vein stenosis. The minimally invasive, off-pump ablation of lone atrial fibrillation is feasible and reliable, even in children who may pose incremental technical challenges. This technique may represent an additional tool for the current treatment algorithms to treat lone atrial fibrillation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1552-6259
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
90
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
e49-51
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Minimally invasive epicardial ablation of lone atrial fibrillation in pediatric patient.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Anthea Hospital, GVM Hospitals of Care and Research, Bari, Italy. gnasso@libero.it
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports