Biomaterial Database

Minimally invasive surgery for atrial fibrillation. 2010

Virna L Sales, and Patrick M McCarthy

Division of Cardiac Surgery, Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA.

There are currently many promising innovations using minimal-access procedures, instrumentation, and devices for stand-alone and concomitant AF. It is prudent to say that within a few years, surgeons will be performing a number of surgical ablations with minimal complexity and maximum effectiveness, using port-accessed, video-assisted, and robot-assisted surgical techniques with the aid of hybrid approaches, less invasive devices, and specialized navigation instruments.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D004867	Equipment Design	Methods and patterns of fabricating machines and related hardware.	Design, Equipment,Device Design,Medical Device Design,Design, Medical Device,Designs, Medical Device,Device Design, Medical,Device Designs, Medical,Medical Device Designs,Design, Device,Designs, Device,Designs, Equipment,Device Designs,Equipment Designs
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001281	Atrial Fibrillation	Abnormal cardiac rhythm that is characterized by rapid, uncoordinated firing of electrical impulses in the upper chambers of the heart (HEART ATRIA). In such case, blood cannot be effectively pumped into the lower chambers of the heart (HEART VENTRICLES). It is caused by abnormal impulse generation.	Auricular Fibrillation,Familial Atrial Fibrillation,Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation,Persistent Atrial Fibrillation,Atrial Fibrillation, Familial,Atrial Fibrillation, Paroxysmal,Atrial Fibrillation, Persistent,Atrial Fibrillations,Atrial Fibrillations, Familial,Atrial Fibrillations, Paroxysmal,Atrial Fibrillations, Persistent,Auricular Fibrillations,Familial Atrial Fibrillations,Fibrillation, Atrial,Fibrillation, Auricular,Fibrillation, Familial Atrial,Fibrillation, Paroxysmal Atrial,Fibrillation, Persistent Atrial,Fibrillations, Atrial,Fibrillations, Auricular,Fibrillations, Familial Atrial,Fibrillations, Paroxysmal Atrial,Fibrillations, Persistent Atrial,Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillations,Persistent Atrial Fibrillations
D012371	Robotics	The application of electronic, computerized control systems to mechanical devices designed to perform human functions. Formerly restricted to industry, but nowadays applied to artificial organs controlled by bionic (bioelectronic) devices, like automated insulin pumps and other prostheses.	Companion Robots,Humanoid Robots,Remote Operations (Robotics),Social Robots,Socially Assistive Robots,Telerobotics,Soft Robotics,Assistive Robot, Socially,Companion Robot,Humanoid Robot,Operation, Remote (Robotics),Operations, Remote (Robotics),Remote Operation (Robotics),Robot, Companion,Robot, Humanoid,Robot, Social,Robot, Socially Assistive,Robotic, Soft,Social Robot,Socially Assistive Robot,Soft Robotic
D013908	Thoracotomy	Surgical incision into the chest wall.	Thoracotomies
D016896	Treatment Outcome	Evaluation undertaken to assess the results or consequences of management and procedures used in combating disease in order to determine the efficacy, effectiveness, safety, and practicability of these interventions in individual cases or series.	Rehabilitation Outcome,Treatment Effectiveness,Clinical Effectiveness,Clinical Efficacy,Patient-Relevant Outcome,Treatment Efficacy,Effectiveness, Clinical,Effectiveness, Treatment,Efficacy, Clinical,Efficacy, Treatment,Outcome, Patient-Relevant,Outcome, Rehabilitation,Outcome, Treatment,Outcomes, Patient-Relevant,Patient Relevant Outcome,Patient-Relevant Outcomes
D017115	Catheter Ablation	Removal of tissue with electrical current delivered via electrodes positioned at the distal end of a catheter. Energy sources are commonly direct current (DC-shock) or alternating current at radiofrequencies (usually 750 kHz). The technique is used most often to ablate the AV junction and/or accessory pathways in order to interrupt AV conduction and produce AV block in the treatment of various tachyarrhythmias.	Ablation, Transvenous Electric,Catheter Ablation, Electric,Catheter Ablation, Percutaneous,Catheter Ablation, Radiofrequency,Catheter Ablation, Transvenous,Ablation, Catheter,Ablation, Transvenous Electrical,Catheter Ablation, Electrical,Electric Catheter Ablation,Electrical Catheter Ablation,Percutaneous Catheter Ablation,Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation,Transvenous Catheter Ablation,Ablation, Electric Catheter,Ablation, Electrical Catheter,Ablation, Percutaneous Catheter,Ablation, Radiofrequency Catheter,Ablation, Transvenous Catheter,Electric Ablation, Transvenous,Electrical Ablation, Transvenous,Transvenous Electric Ablation,Transvenous Electrical Ablation
D056346	Sternotomy	Making an incision in the STERNUM.	Median Sternotomy,Median Sternotomies,Sternotomies,Sternotomies, Median,Sternotomy, Median
D020775	Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted	Endoscopic surgery of the pleural cavity performed with visualization via video transmission.	Surgery, Thoracic, Video-Assisted,VATS,Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery,Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery,Surgeries, Video-Assisted Thoracic,Surgeries, Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic,Surgery, Video-Assisted Thoracic,Surgery, Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic,Thoracic Surgeries, Video-Assisted,Thoracic Surgery, Video Assisted,Thoracoscopic Surgeries, Video-Assisted,Thoracoscopic Surgery, Video-Assisted,VATSs,Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery,Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery,Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgeries,Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgeries
D025321	Surgery, Computer-Assisted	Surgical procedures conducted with the aid of computers. Used in various types of surgery for implant placement and instrument guidance. Image-guided surgery interactively combines prior CT scans or MRI images with real-time video.	Computer-Assisted Surgery,Image-Guided Surgery,Surgery, Image-Guided,Surgical Navigation,Computer-Aided Surgery,Computer Aided Surgery,Computer Assisted Surgery,Computer-Aided Surgeries,Computer-Assisted Surgeries,Image Guided Surgery,Image-Guided Surgeries,Navigation, Surgical,Surgeries, Computer-Aided,Surgeries, Computer-Assisted,Surgeries, Image-Guided,Surgery, Computer Assisted,Surgery, Computer-Aided,Surgery, Image Guided