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Published in final edited form as: Circ J. 2013 Jul 3;77(8):1941–1951. doi: 10.1253/circj.cj-13-0721

Table 1.

Operative Approach and Lesion Sets for Published PVI Series Reporting Results According to HRS/EHRA/ECAS Consensus Guidelines

Author	n	Method and access	Surgical ablation technology	Lesion set performed^*
Author	n	Method and access	Surgical ablation technology	LAA exclusion/excision	PVI	Box	GP	LOM	ALAL
McClelland³³	20	Bilateral thoracotomy/VATS	Bipolar RF clamp	N	Y	N	Y	Y	N
Bagge²⁹	42	Bilateral VATS	Bipolar RF clamp	Y (32)	Y	N	Y	Y (40)	N
Han³²	43	Bilateral VATS	Bipolar RF clamp/pen	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	N
Edgerton³¹	52	Bilateral thoracotomy/VATS	Bipolar RF clamp	Y (44)	Y	N	Y	Y	N
Wang³⁴	81	Bilateral VATS	Bipolar RF clamp	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N
Boersma³⁰	61	Bilateral VATS	Bipolar RF clamp/pen	Y (60)	Y	Y(10)^**	NS^†	NS^†	Y^**

(n) is specified when not all patients received a particular ablation line.

^**

Additional lines could be made to the aortic trigone (10 patients), or a roof line (17 patients) could be created, all at the discretion of the surgeon.

^†

This varied by center. At 1 hospital, only right-sided GP were ablated and the LOM was cut. At another center, bilateral GP were ablated but the LOM was left alone. ALAL, additional left atrial lesions; Box, box lesion set; GP, ganglionated plexus; LAA, left atrial appendage; LOM, ligament of Marshall; PVI, pulmonary vein isolation; VATS, video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery; N, no; Y, yes; NS, specific number not specified.