… Various forms of surgical therapy have been introduced in the past to blunt the detrimental
… atrial fibrillation rather than to cure the arrhythmia itself. In 1980, we introduced the left atrial …

… This systematic review was conducted to evaluate the English written literature concerning
the surgical therapy of atrial fibrillation. All included studies were observational non-…

… the first surgical technique developed to ablate, rather than isolate, atrial fibrillation and was
… ) macro-reentrant circuits during established atrial fibrillation (AF). Eleven years later, focal …

… atrial flutter or atrial fibrillation in adults with atrial septal defects is related to the age at the
time of surgical repair … with atrial flutter and fibrillation, the timely closure of atrial septal defects …

… ablation procedures have been performed in conjunction with mitral valve surgery, with
the combination of mitral valve repair and cure of AF enabling patients to avoid lifelong …

… Surgery for atrial fibrillation may be of value in patients with a long history of atrial fibrillation,
… The surgical repair of mitral incompetence affords numerous advantages such as the …

… The sex distribution was similar in both arms of the study; 65.6% of the patients in sinus
rhythm were male, and 62.5% of the patients who were in atrial fibrillation before surgery were …

… All patients underwent surgical repair once the diagnosis was confirmed. Three surgical
repairs were performed by a team with a cardiac and thoracic surgeon. One cardiothoracic …

… : Atrial fibrillation (AF) persisting after mitral valve surgery … Arrhythmia surgery for AF shows
today very satisfying results … with mitral valve surgery and additional tricuspid repair, with …

… catheter ablation (RFCA) of atrial fibrillation (AF). Surgical repair and esophageal stents are
… Nine patients who developed AEF post-RFCA for atrial fibrillation were included in this case …