Abstract
A 63-year-old man with a 16-year history of persistent atrial fibrillation (AF) and hypertension underwent pulmonary vein (PV) isolation by radiofrequency (RF) catheter ablation 6 years ago. Because of recurrent symptomatic AF, dilated left atrium, and subsequent failure of antiarrhythmic drugs, he underwent a hybrid ablation procedure using video-assisted thoracoscopic epicardial bipolar RF ablation and endocardial check of the lesions. 1 Pison L. La Meir M. van Opstal J. Blaauw Y. Maessen J. Crijns H.J. Hybrid thoracoscopic surgical and transvenous catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2012; 60: 54-61 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (180) Google Scholar
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