SynthesisJournal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing2016
Hybrid ablation for atrial fibrillation: a systematic review.
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- The safety and efficacy of hybrid ablation for the treatment of atrial fibrillation: A meta-analysis.PloS one · 2018Pooled it
- Comparing simultaneous hybrid ablation with stand-alone thoracoscopic surgical ablation for the treatment of non-paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: a prospective randomized controlled trial.Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology · 2024Trial
- Long-term outcomes of one-stop unilateral thoracoscopic hybrid ablation for persistent atrial fibrillation after failed catheter ablation.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2026Article
- Atrial fibrillation: from pathogenesis to novel treatment options.Molecular biomedicine · 2025Review
- Hybrid atrial fibrillation ablation.Annals of cardiothoracic surgery · 2024Review
- Hybrid Endo-Epicardial Therapies for Advanced Atrial Fibrillation.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Epicardial origin of cardiac arrhythmias: clinical evidences and pathophysiology.Cardiovascular research · 2022Review
- Small bowel obstruction secondary to diaphragmatic herniation following transabdominal cardiac ablation.Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England · 2020Article
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- Hybrid procedures for persistent atrial fibrillation: necessity and timing of the catheter ablation stage.Journal of thoracic disease · 2018Article
- Surgical perspective on hybrid ablation for non-paroxysmal atrial fibrillation.Journal of thoracic disease · 2017Article
- One-stage Approach for Hybrid Atrial Fibrillation Treatment.Arrhythmia & electrophysiology review · 2017Article
- Midterm outcomes of two-staged hybrid ablation of persistent and long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation using the versapolar epicardial surgical device and subsequent catheter ablation.Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing · 2017Article
- Atrial Fibrillation in Heart Failure: a Therapeutic Challenge of Our Times.Korean circulation journal · 2017Review
- The future of hybrid ablation: an emerging need for an anticoagulation protocol for thoracoscopic ablation.Journal of thoracic disease · 2017Article
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Abstract
purposeHybrid ablation for AF is performed in a growing number of centers. Due to absence of guidelines, operative approaches and perioperative care differ per center. In this review, an overview of findings from published studies on hybrid ablations is given, and related topics are discussed (e.g., one- and two-stage approaches, lesion sets, and patient management).
methodsA systematic literature search was performed in the PubMed and Embase databases. All identified articles were screened and checked for eligibility by the two authors.
resultsTwelve studies describing a total of 563 patients were selected. Due to substantial differences in approaches (one-stage, two-stage, sequential), surgical techniques (bilateral or monolateral thoracoscopy, subxiphoideal, transabdominal), energy sources (unipolar, bipolar), lesion sets (applying left or right atrial lesions), periprocedural care and endpoints (monitoring, definition of recurrence), and success rates (sinus rhythm after a mean of 26 months) are difficult to compare and varied from 27 % (without antiarrhythmic drugs, AADs) to 94 % (with AADs). For studies using bipolar devices, success rates with the use of antiarrhythmic drugs were at least 71 %. Major complications such as bleeding, sternotomy, and death occurred in 7 % of the total population (of which ten complications, 16 %, occurred in the concomitant cardiac surgery hybrid group).
conclusionThe field of AF ablation has dramatically changed over the past years, with one of the most recent developments the hybrid AF ablation. Lack of matching data hinders drawing conclusions and creating guidelines. Early results however are encouraging. More data are awaiting and needed.
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