[HSF] AF ablation devices

[Hgrmd at aol.com]

John,
  I've used Cryocath for the last 4-5 years.  I've got a poster  in the 
upcoming Society of Heart Valve Disease in 10 days in which my  results were 
outlined. You can go to their website and get the  abstract.  The bottom line is 
that 95% of the patients were in AV synchrony  at their last followup.  That is 
quite comparable to a "cut and sew"  maze.  One of the main advantages it has 
over Atricure is that the left  pulmonary vein lesions are done endocardially.  
Dissecting the left  pulmonary veins on a redo so that you can get an 
Atricure clamp around them is  no picnic.  
Hal  



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