Minimally invasive surgery for atrial fibrillation

Tex Heart Inst J. 2010;37(6):660-1.

Abstract

There are currently many promising innovations using minimal-access procedures, instrumentation, and devices for stand-alone and concomitant AF. It is prudent to say that within a few years, surgeons will be performing a number of surgical ablations with minimal complexity and maximum effectiveness, using port-accessed, video-assisted, and robot-assisted surgical techniques with the aid of hybrid approaches, less invasive devices, and specialized navigation instruments.

MeSH terms

  • Atrial Fibrillation / surgery*
  • Catheter Ablation* / instrumentation
  • Catheter Ablation* / methods
  • Equipment Design
  • Humans
  • Robotics
  • Sternotomy
  • Surgery, Computer-Assisted
  • Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted
  • Thoracotomy
  • Treatment Outcome