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Figure 1: The original "cut-and-sew" (Cox-Maze III) procedure. Reproduced from [24] with permission.
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Right Atrial Lesion Set Left Atrial Lesion Set
Figure 2: Standard right (A) and left (B) atrial lesion sets utilized for the Cox-Maze IV. In the right atrium (A),
radiofrequency ablation lines (white lines) extend from superior vena cava to inferior vena cava and along the
right atrial free wall down to the tricuspid valve annulus. In the left atrium (B), all ablation lines are performed with
a bipolar radiofrequency clamp except for an endocardial cryoablation at the mitral annulus and an epicardial
cryoablation over the coronary sinus. Reproduced from [24] with permission.
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