OBJECTIVE: Patients undergoing cardiac surgery with a history of untreated atrial fibrillation
have reduced survival compared with similar patients without atrial fibrillation. We sought to …

Objectives Randomized controlled trials of permanent atrial fibrillation ablation surgery have
shown improved outcomes compared with control patients undergoing concomitant cardiac …

BACKGROUND: Data reported by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons adult cardiac surgery
database demonstrate that only 38% of patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) underwent a …

Objective Surgical ablation for atrial fibrillation concomitant with cardiac surgery is now a
Class I recommendation for selected patients. Understanding how the revised …

Objective: To investigate the relationship between preoperative atrial fibrillation and early
and late clinical outcomes following cardiac surgery. Methods: A retrospective cohort …

Background The long-term effect of concomitant surgical ablation (SA) on clinical outcomes
in an unselected population of patients has not been sufficiently reported in randomized …

Objective: Treatment of atrial fibrillation, a risk factor for morbidity and mortality, by left atrial
ablation is a less complex procedure which is increasingly performed in conjunction with …

OBJECTIVE: Despite growing awareness of the clinical significance of atrial fibrillation (AF)
and observational data demonstrating the safety and efficacy of surgical therapy, AF ablation …

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia and its prevalence
is∼ 1–2% of the general population, but higher with increasing age and in patients with …

Expert consensus guidelines: Examining surgical ablation for atrial fibrillation - The Journal
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