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Cryomodification of the Cox Maze procedure successfully restored and maintained sinus rhythm at 6 months in a patient with long persistent atrial fibrillation resistant to previous ablations.
Case Report (n=1)
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Cryomodification of the Cox Maze procedure can successfully eliminate atrial fibrillation in patients who have failed prior thoracoscopic pulmonary vein isolation and cavatricuspid isthmus ablation.
May offer an option in refractory long-persistent AF after failed ablations; hypothesis-generating case report requiring prospective validation.
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Bockeriа et al. (2018) conducted a case report in Long persistent atrial fibrillation (n=1). Cryomodification of Cox Maze procedure was evaluated on Restoration and maintenance of sinus rhythm. Cryomodification of the Cox Maze procedure successfully restored and maintained sinus rhythm at 6 months in a patient with long persistent atrial fibrillation resistant to previous ablations.
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