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Figure 3: Patient positioning and marking for the minimally invasive Cox-Maze IV, performed through a 5–6 cm right
mini- thoracotomy in the inframammary fold. A 2-cm subinguinal incision is used for femoral vessel cannulation for
cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). Reproduced from [19] with permission and Beth Croce, Bioperspective.com.
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Figure 4: Right atrial (A) and left atrial (B) lesion sets of the minimally invasive Cox-Maze IV. Ablation lines are made
using a combination of bipolar RF (red lines) and cryoablation (blue). Reproduced from [19] with permission and Beth
Croce, Bioperspective.com.
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