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Epicardial Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation Using Cryoablation in an Acute Off-pump Sheep Model

DOI

70

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0

References

2003

Year

N. Doll, Patrick Kornherr, H. Aupperle, Alexander Fabricius, Bob Kiaii, C Ullmann, Katja Schneider, Stefan Dhein, Heinz‐Adolf Schoon, Ardawan Rastan,
The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Abstract

Epicardial cryoablation is not effective on thicker tissues like LAA and RAA due to the rewarming of the current blood flow. However, thin tissues like VCC and PV can be isolated. Further chronic studies are necessary to evaluate the potential for regeneration of adjacent structures.