Sankar N M, Farnsworth A E
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Ann Thorac Surg. 1998 Jul;66(1):254-6. doi: 10.1016/s0003-4975(98)00281-1.
Currently available surgical procedures to control chronic atrial fibrillation associated with mitral valvar disease are not always successful. The size of the left atrium is a major factor in the initiation and maintenance of atrial fibrillation. Here we describe a case of ablation of atrial fibrillation with left atrial reduction and pulmonary vein isolation in a patient with mitral valve disease.
