Open AccessAn Innovative Balloon-Type Surgical Device for Atrial Fibrillation
Author(s) -
Yoshihide Asaumi,
Go Watanabe,
Hiroshi Nagamine,
Shigeyuki Tomita
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
the heart surgery forum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.255
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1522-6662
pISSN - 1098-3511
DOI - 10.1532/hsf98.20041141
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary vein , balloon , ablation , atrial fibrillation , cryoablation , radiofrequency ablation , vein , biomedical engineering , surgery , radiology , cardiology
The maze procedure and its modifications are the surgical treatment for atrial fibrillation. In an attempt to achieve a less invasive operation, we developed a balloon-type device for electric pulmonary vein isolation and evaluated its effectiveness macroscopically and microscopically.
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