Left Atrial Appendage Thrombosis and Persistent Atrial Fibrillation : combined Treatment with a Totally Thoracoscopic Approach

Minimally invasive surgical ablation is generally contraindicated in patients with atrial fibrillation and thrombosis of the left atrial appendage. We have treated three of these patients using an innovative technique based on a bilateral video-thoracoscopic approach, performing a continuous encircling lesion at the pulmonary veins outflow with radio-frequency ablation, simultaneously excluding the left atrial appendage. The postoperative course was uneventful, without neurologic events and all patients maintained a stable sinus rhythm at 1-year follow-up. This procedure represents a new mini-invasive method to treat persistent atrial fibrillation when partial thrombosis of the left atrial appendage contraindicates other ablation techniques.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:35

Enthalten in:

Brazilian journal of cardiovascular surgery - 35(2020), 6 vom: 01. Dez., Seite 999-1002

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Vendramin, Igor [VerfasserIn]
Lechiancole, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Rebellato, Luca [VerfasserIn]
Dametto, Ermanno [VerfasserIn]
Bortolotti, Uberto [VerfasserIn]
Livi, Ugolino [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Atrial Appendage
Atrial Fibrilation
Catheter Ablation
Follow-up Studies
Journal Article
Longitudinal Studies
Pulmonary Veins
Thromboembolism
Thrombosis

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 04.02.2021

Date Revised 04.02.2021

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.21470/1678-9741-2020-0028

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM316819212