Paracardioscopy offers a feasible transabdominal, transdiaphragmatic approach for totally endoscopic visualization of the heart and epicardial interventions.
Feasible transabdominal access shown for posterior cardiac visualization; leaves open whether paracardioscopy improves outcomes in epicardial ablation.
Paracardioscopy provides totally endoscopic access to the heart via a transabdominal, transdiaphragmatic approach. Structures such as the pulmonary veins, inferior vena cava, left and right atrial appendage, and posterior left atrium can be visualized. Epicardial cardiac procedures, such as ablation procedures for atrial fibrillation, can be successfully performed using this development. This report describes paracardioscopy.
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Andy C. Kiser (2009) studied this question.
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