Long-term Outcomes of Concomitant Surgical Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation

CONCLUSIONS: Concomitant atrial fibrillation ablation during cardiac surgery is safe, does not increase the rate of perioperative complications, and confers the benefit of long-term survival after cardiac surgery in adults. Atrial fibrillation ablation also improved cardiac surgery patients' long-term survival compared with the matched general atrial fibrillation population.PMID:36216085 | DOI:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2022.09.036

Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - October 10, 2022 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Yu-Ting Cheng Yu-Tung Huang Hui-Tzu Tu Yi Hsin Chan Victor Chien-Chia Wu Kuo-Chun Hung Pao-Hsien Chu An-Hsun Chou Shang-Hung Chang Shao-Wei Chen Source Type: research