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1 Successful Performance of Cox-Maze Procedure on Beating Heart Using Bipolar Radiofrequency Ablation: A Feasibility Study in Animals  Sydney L. Gaynor, MD, Yosuke Ishii, MD, Michael D. Diodato, MD, Sunil M. Prasad, MD, Kara M. Barnett, BS, Nicholas R. Damiano, Gregory D. Byrd, BS, Samuel A. Wickline, MD, Richard B. Schuessler, PhD, Ralph J. Damiano, MD  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  Volume 78, Issue 5, Pages (November 2004) DOI: /j.athoracsur

2 Fig 1 Cox-Maze lesion set. (IVC = inferior vena cava; Lt. = left; RF = radiofrequency; Rt. = right; SVC = superior vena cava.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur )

3 Fig 2 (Top) Right atrial free wall lesion. (Bottom) Superior vena cava lesion. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur )

4 Fig 3 Representative magnetic resonance image demonstrating right pulmonary vein patency (arrow) at 1 month after ablation with bipolar radiofrequency device. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur )

5 Fig 4 Magnetic resonance image of right coronary artery (arrow) at 1 month after ablation with bipolar radiofrequency device. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur )

6 Fig 5 Photomicrograph of ablated circumflex coronary artery 1 month after ablation with bipolar radiofrequency device. (Masson's trichrome stain, ×20 magnification.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur )

7 Fig 6 Photomicrograph of ablated coronary sinus 1 month after ablation by bipolar radiofrequency device. (Gomori's trichrome, ×20 magnification.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur )

8 Fig 7 Radiofrequency lesion crossing the posterior mitral valve leaflet. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur )


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