Surgical Control of Atrial Fibrillation

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Surgical Control of Atrial Fibrillation - ISMICS 2004

Several surgeons were interviewed at the 2004 meeting of the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery about updates in the surgical control of atrial fibrillation, in general, and the use of cryotherapy, specifically.

Among the question asked were:

What are the take home messages from ISMICS for the surgeon interested in surgical control of ablation?
What are the major strengths and limitations of cryo?
Is there an ideal lesion pattern?
What is the next major question that needs to be answered in the field?
Why aren't more atrial fibrillation surgeries being done?

The following MP3 audio files contain the responses of the interviewees. Also included are slide sets summarizing the responses.

Dr. Ralph J. Damiano
Washington University School of Medicine
Download: Audio Response | Slides

Dr. Robert Hebeler, Jr.
Baylor University Medical Center
Download: Audio Response | Slides

Dr. Saqib Masroor
Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University
Download: Audio Response | Slides

Dr. Hugh Wolfenden
Prince of Wales Hospital (Australia)
Download: Audio Response | Slides


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