Robotically-assisted left atrial fibrillation ablation and mitral valve repair through a right mini-thoracotomy

Ann Thorac Surg. 2004 Oct;78(4):e63-4. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.12.093.

Abstract

A combined robotic-assisted left atrial ablation and mitral valve repair was done through a 5-cm right anterior mini-thoracotomy. The patient was a 54-year-old man with severe mitral regurgitation and a 10-month history of persistent atrial fibrillation. The patient underwent off-pump, beating heart epicardial peripulmonary vein microwave ablation using the FLEX 10 catheter (AFx Inc, Fremont, CA), followed by supplemental on-pump endocardial lesions. The procedure was done using the da Vinci surgical robot (Intuitive Surgical Inc, Sunnyvale, CA). The mitral valve repair consisted of a No. 38 Cosgrove annuloplasty band implantation (Edwards Life Sciences, LLC, Irvine, CA). The postoperative recovery was uneventful, and the patient maintained normal sinus rhythm.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Atrial Fibrillation / surgery*
  • Cardiopulmonary Bypass
  • Catheter Ablation / instrumentation
  • Catheter Ablation / methods*
  • Heart Atria / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Microwaves
  • Middle Aged
  • Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures
  • Mitral Valve / surgery*
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency / surgery*
  • Prostheses and Implants
  • Pulmonary Veins / surgery
  • Robotics*
  • Thoracoscopy
  • Thoracotomy / methods*
  • Ultrasonography, Interventional