In the last three decades, ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF) has become an evidence-based
safe and efficacious treatment for managing the most common cardiac arrhythmia. In 2007 …

Pathologic evaluation is crucial to the study of medical devices and integral to the Food and
Drug Administration and other regulatory entities' assessment of device safety and efficacy …

Background Bipolar radiofrequency (RF) clamps have been shown to be capable of
reproducibly creating transmural lesions with a single ablation in animal models …

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 …

Myocardial ischemia can cause insufficient oxygen and functional damage to myocardial
cells. Carbonic anhydrase III (CAIII) has been found to be closely related to the abnormality …

The surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation has evolved over the past 2 decades due to the
advent of ablation technology, and the introduction of less invasive surgical approaches …

In the last three decades, ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF) has become an evidence-based
safe and efficacious treatment for managing the most common cardiac arrhythmia. In 2007 …

Atrial fibrillation (AF) substantially increases the risks of heart failure, stroke, and death,
reduces patient quality of life and productivity, and increases healthcare resource utilization …

This paper is aimed to study the prototype of cryosurgical device with an extended
applicator. Three experiments were conducted. First, an experiment without heat load …

In the last three decades, ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF) has become an evidence-based
safe and efficacious treatment for managing the most common cardiac arrhythmia. In 2007 …