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In modern medicine, lasers are increasingly utilized for treatment of a variety of pathologies
as interest in less invasive treatment modalities intensifies. The physics behind lasers allows …

Pacemaker treatment for bradyarrhythmia was first approved for national health insurance
coverage in Japan in 1974, and its use rapidly became widespread thereafter …

Background—Radiofrequency ablation is routinely used to treat cardiac arrhythmias, but
gaps remain in ablation lesion sets because there is no direct visualization of ablation …

Aims Temporary, ablation-mediated effects such as oedema may cause reversible
pulmonary vein (PV) isolation. To investigate this, point-by-point circumferential ablation was …

The Cox-Maze IV procedure has replaced the “cut-and-sew” technique of the original Cox-
Maze operation with lines of ablation created using bipolar radiofrequency (RF) and …

The Cox maze procedure is an effective treatment of atrial fibrillation, with a long-term
freedom from recurrence greater than 90%. The original procedure was highly invasive and …

Background Ablation technology has been introduced to replace the surgical incisions of the
Cox-Maze procedure in order to simplify the operation. However, the efficacy of these …

The Cox maze procedure for the surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation has been simplified
from its original cut-and-sew technique. Various energy sources now exist which create …

The Cox-Maze procedure (CMP) is the most effective treatment for atrial fibrillation (AF).
Despite this, many patients with AF undergoing cardiac surgery for other pathologies are not …