Robotic totally endoscopic Cryo-Maze ablation under ventricular fibrillatory arrest

Hiroto Kitahara; Kaitlin Grady; Husam H Balkhy

doi:10.1510/mmcts.2024.020

Robotic totally endoscopic Cryo-Maze ablation under ventricular fibrillatory arrest

Multimed Man Cardiothorac Surg. 2024 Dec 2:2024. doi: 10.1510/mmcts.2024.020.

Authors

Hiroto Kitahara¹, Kaitlin Grady¹, Husam H Balkhy²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
² Department of Surgery, Section of Cardiac Surgery, The University of Chicago 5841S Maryland Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.

PMID: 39618422
DOI: 10.1510/mmcts.2024.020

Abstract

This video tutorial shows the details of robotic totally endoscopic Cryo-Maze ablation for atrial fibrillation under moderate hypothermic ventricular fibrillatory arrest.

Keywords: Atrial fibrillation; Robotic cardiac surgery; Totally thoracoscopic maze.

Publication types

Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

Aged
Atrial Fibrillation* / surgery
Cryosurgery* / methods
Endoscopy* / methods
Female
Humans
Male
Maze Procedure / methods
Robotic Surgical Procedures* / methods