This Article Services Author home page(s): PubMed Related Collections J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005;130:491-497 © 2005 Surgery for Acquired Cardiovascular Disease Surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation with a novel bipolar radiofrequency device Stefano Benussi, MD, PhD a , * , Simona Nascimbene, MD a , Giliola Calori, MD b , Paolo Denti, MD a , Zvi Ziskind, MD a , Samer Kassem, MD a , Giovanni La Canna, MD a , Carlo Pappone, MD, PhD c , Ottavio Alfieri, MD a a Division of Cardiac Surgery, S Raffaele University Hospital, Milan, Italy b Epidemiology Unit, S Raffaele University Hospital, Milan, Italy c Division of Arrhythmology, S Raffaele University Hospital, Milan, Italy Received for publication September 29, 2004; revisions received January 10, 2005; accepted for publication January 13, 2005. * Address for reprints: Stefano Benussi, MD,

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