This Article Services Author home page(s): PubMed J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005;129:1322-1329 © 2005 Surgery for Acquired Cardiovascular Disease Surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation with bipolar radiofrequency as the primary modality A. Marc Gillinov, MD a, *, Patrick M. McCarthy, MD a, Eugene H. Blackstone, MD a, Jeevanantham Rajeswaran, MSc b, Gosta Pettersson, MD, PhD a, Joseph F. Sabik, III, MD a, Lars G. Svensson, MD, PhD a, Delos M. Cosgrove, MD a, Kathleen M. Hill, RN a, Gonzalo V. Gonzalez-Stawinski, MD a, Nassir Marrouche, MD c, Andrea Natale, MD c a Center for Atrial Fibrillation and the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio. b Department of Qualitative Health Sciences, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio. c Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The

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