Safety of Atrial Fibrillation Ablation with Isolated Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement.

CONCLUSIONS: Despite being a Class I recommendation, AF ablation concomitantly with other cardiac surgical procedures remains lower than current guideline recommendation in surgical AVR patients. Ablation for AF does not increase the 30-day operative mortality or perioperative morbidity compared to non-ablated patients, although new pacemaker requirements were higher in the AF ablated group.
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Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - August 9, 2020 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Churyla A, Andrei AC, Kruse J, Cox JL, Kislitsina ON, Liu M, Malaisrie SC, McCarthy PM Tags: Ann Thorac Surg Source Type: research