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(a) Cox-Maze III: Lesion pattern described by James Cox in 1991 with cut and sew technique. (b) Cox-Maze IV: Similar lesion pattern, with alternative energy lesion in dotted lines and trying to minimize incisions in both atria. Only the left appendage is excised.
