Key result
Surgical ablation energy sources and devices have evolved to replace traditional incisions, simplifying procedures and enabling minimally invasive techniques for treating atrial fibrillation.
Why the study?
Surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation has evolved with ablation technology and less invasive approaches replacing traditional surgical incisions, prompting a need to review available energy sources and devices.
This review provides an overview of surgical ablation energy sources and devices for the treatment of atrial fibrillation, including their mechanisms of tissue injury and ability to create transmural lesions.
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May support minimally invasive AF ablation; leaves open comparative efficacy of energy sources pending RCTs.
The surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation has evolved over the past 2 decades due to the advent of ablation technology, and the introduction of less invasive surgical approaches. Current devices produce ablation lines that aim to replace the incisions of traditional surgical ablation strategies, such as the Cox-Maze procedure. This has helped to simplify and shorten surgical ablation procedures and has allowed for the development of minimally invasive surgical techniques. This review discusses surgical ablation energy sources and devices, providing background on device characteristics, mechanism of tissue injury, and success in creating transmural lesions.
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MacGregor et al. (2019) conducted a review in Atrial Fibrillation. Surgical ablation energy sources and devices was evaluated. Surgical ablation energy sources and devices have evolved to replace traditional incisions, simplifying procedures and enabling minimally invasive techniques for treating atrial fibrillation.
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