The Berglin apical stitch: a simple technique to straighten things out in atrial fibrillation surgery
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eComment. The Berglin apical stitch: a simple technique to straighten things out in atrial fibrillation surgery?
is simply tied down and checked for bleeding. The rest of the operation is then performed in the normal fashion. In our experience, the Berglin apical stitch is a very simple and ingenious trick of the trade to create a smooth surface in the posterior LA that facilitates performing safe transmural ablation lesions in this area. This may in turn increase the antiarrhythmic efficiency of the proc...
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عنوان ژورنال: Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1569-9293,1569-9285
DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivu220