AIM The “2023 ACC/AHA/ACCP/HRS Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of Atrial
Fibrillation” provides recommendations to guide clinicians in the treatment of patients with …

2021: The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Expert Consensus Document: Coronary
artery bypass grafting in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy and heart failure - The Journal …

The “Guidelines on the Management of Valvular Heart Disease” were initially published as
the “Guidelines on Non-pharmacological Treatment of Valvular Heart Disease” in 2002 …

In the last three decades, ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF) has become an evidence-based
safe and efficacious treatment for managing the most common cardiac arrhythmia. In 2007 …

Background Concomitant surgical ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF) at the time of mitral valve
surgery is a Society of Thoracic Surgeons Class IA recommendation with evidence from …

Background This study compares outcomes of patients with preoperative atrial fibrillation
undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) with or without concomitant atrial …

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common of all cardiac arrhythmias, affecting roughly 1% of
the general population in the Western world. The incidence of AF is predicted to double by …

Objective Societal guidelines support the concomitant surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation in
patients undergoing cardiac surgery. Recent evidence has highlighted the stroke reduction …

Objectives Surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF) is recommended as a stand-alone
therapy for patients refractory to medical or catheter-based treatment, or as a concomitant …

Background Nearly 40% of patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) undergoing mitral valve
surgery do not receive concomitant ablation despite societal guidelines. We assessed …