Methods of treating a cardiac arrhythmia by thoracoscopic production of a Cox maze III lesion set
AssigneeIntrepid Medical, Inc.
InventorJames Longoria
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Abstract
Methods of treating a subject for a cardiac arrhythmia are provided. Aspects of the methods include thoracoscopically producing a cardiac Cox maze III set of lesions in cardiac tissue of the subject in a manner sufficient to treat the subject for the cardiac arrhythmia.
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A method of treating a subject for cardiac arrhythmia, the method comprising thoracoscopically producing a Cox maze III set of lesions in a manner sufficient to treat the subject for the cardiac arrhythmia, wherein the Cox maze III set of lesions comprises a right pulmonary vein encircling ablation line, a left pulmonary vein encircling ablation line, a superior connecting ablation line connecting the right and left pulmonary vein encircling lines, and an inferior connecting ablation line connecting the right and left pulmonary vein encircling lines.
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