The Cox-maze IV procedure in its second decade: still the gold standard?

C Ruaengsri, MR Schill, AJ Khiabani… - European Journal of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia and the treatment options
include medical treatment and catheter-based or surgical interventions. AF is a major cause …

Synaptic plasticity in cardiac innervation and its potential role in atrial fibrillation

JL Ashton, RAB Burton, G Bub, BH Smaill… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Synaptic plasticity is defined as the ability of synapses to change their strength of
transmission. Plasticity of synaptic connections in the brain is a major focus of neuroscience …

Beyond conventional operations: embracing the era of contemporary minimally invasive cardiac surgery

L Ilcheva, P Risteski, I Tudorache, A Häussler… - Journal of Clinical …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Over the past two decades, minimally invasive cardiac surgery (MICS) has gained a
significant place due to the emergence of innovative tools and improvements in surgical …

The role of the tripartite synapse in the heart: how glial cells may contribute to the physiology and pathophysiology of the intracardiac nervous system

A Tedoldi, L Argent… - American Journal of …, 2021 - journals.physiology.org
One of the major roles of the intracardiac nervous system (ICNS) is to act as the final site of
signal integration for efferent information destined for the myocardium to enable local control …

Machine learning to identify patients at risk of developing new-onset atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass

O Parise, G Parise, A Vaidyanathan… - Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Background: This study aims to get an effective machine learning (ML) prediction model of
new-onset postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) following coronary artery bypass grafting …

Epicardial left atrial appendage clip occlusion in patients with atrial fibrillation during minimally invasive cardiac surgery

Y Rhee, SJ Park, JW Lee - The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective The left atrial appendage is a major source of stroke in patients with atrial
fibrillation, and clinical benefits of left atrial appendage occlusion have been demonstrated …

Epicardial, Biatrial ablation with integrated Uni-bipolar radiofrequency technology in stand-alone persistent atrial fibrillation

F Rosati, C Muneretto, E Merati, G Polvani… - …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective Although minimally invasive approaches for surgical treatment of stand-alone
atrial fibrillation have gained popularity for the past decade, ablation technology and …

2023 APHRS expert consensus statements on surgery for AF

T Nitta, JWW Wai, SH Lee, M Yii… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Takashi Nitta MD, PhD 1| James Wong Woon Wai MD 2| Seung Hyun Lee MD 3| Michael Yii
MS, FRACS 4| Suchart Chaiyaroj MD, FACS 5| Chawannuch Ruaengsri MD 6 …

Unilateral left-sided thoracoscopic ablation of atrial fibrillation concomitant to minimally invasive bypass grafting of the left anterior descending artery

CAJ van der Heijden, P Segers, A Masud… - European Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
OBJECTIVES Thoracoscopic ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF) and minimally invasive direct
coronary artery bypass (MIDCAB) with robot-assisted left internal mammary artery (LIMA) …

杂交手术治疗心房颤动的研究进展

王岩, 孟纯阳 - 上海医药, 2016 - cqvip.com
心房颤动(简称房颤) 是临床上最常见的心律失常之一, 可增加心血管疾病的发病率和死亡率.
传统治疗房颤的方法大体可分为药物, 介入和手术三大类, 但是单纯内科或是外科治疗都有其 …