ArticleArchives of medical science : AMS2017
Staged hybrid ablation for persistent and longstanding persistent atrial fibrillation effectively restores sinus rhythm in long-term observation.
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- Hybrid ablation versus transcatheter ablation for atrial fibrillation: A meta-analysis.Medicine · 2019Pooled it
- The safety and efficacy of hybrid ablation for the treatment of atrial fibrillation: A meta-analysis.PloS one · 2018Pooled it
- Position paper of the Polish Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons and the Heart Rhythm Association of the Polish Society of Cardiology on atrial fibrillation hybrid management.Kardiochirurgia i torakochirurgia polska = Polish journal of cardio-thoracic surgery · 2025Article
- 2024 European Heart Rhythm Association/Heart Rhythm Society/Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society/Latin American Heart Rhythm Society expert consensus statement on catheter and surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation.Journal of arrhythmia · 2024Article
- 2024 European Heart Rhythm Association/Heart Rhythm Society/Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society/Latin American Heart Rhythm Society expert consensus statement on catheter and surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation.Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing · 2024Article
- 2024 European Heart Rhythm Association/Heart Rhythm Society/Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society/Latin American Heart Rhythm Society expert consensus statement on catheter and surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation.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 · 2024Article
- Catheter ablation for non-paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. A review.Biomedical papers of the Medical Faculty of the University Palacky, Olomouc, Czechoslovakia · 2024Review
- Hybrid ablation of persistent and long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation with depressed ejection fraction: A single-center observational study.JTCVS open · 2022Article
- Hybrid Ablation of Nonparoxysmal Atrial Fibrillation: The Convergent and Totally Thoracoscopic Approaches.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2022Review
- A Chronicle of Hybrid Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Therapy: From Cox Maze to Convergent.Arrhythmia & electrophysiology review · 2022Review
- Five-year follow-up report: Box lesion radiofrequency ablation procedure for atrial fibrillation under video-assisted thoracoscope.Clinical case reports · 2021Article
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- Atrial fibrillation influences automatic oscillometric ankle-brachial index measurement.Archives of medical science : AMS · 2021Article
- Two-year follow-up of one-stage left unilateral thoracoscopic epicardial and transcatheter endocardial ablation for persistent and long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation.Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing · 2020Article
- The Convergent Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Procedure: Evolution of a Multidisciplinary Approach to Atrial Fibrillation Management.Arrhythmia & electrophysiology review · 2020Review
- The Role of the Electrophysiologist in Convergent Ablation.Arrhythmia & electrophysiology review · 2020Review
- Catheter ablation or surgery to eliminate longstanding persistent atrial fibrillation.International journal of cardiology · 2020Article
- Patient Selection for Epicardial Ablation-Part I: The Role of Epicardial Ablation in Various Cardiac Disease States.The Journal of innovations in cardiac rhythm management · 2019Review
- Beneficial effects of pre-stroke statins use in cardioembolic stroke patients with atrial fibrillation: a hospital-based retrospective analysis.Archives of medical science : AMS · 2019Article
- Sex Differences in Atrial Fibrillation-Update on Risk Assessment, Treatment, and Long-Term Risk.Current treatment options in cardiovascular medicine · 2018Review
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Abstract
introductionHybrid ablation (HABL) of atrial fibrillation combining endoscopic, minimally invasive, closed chest epicardial ablation with endocardial CARTO-guided accuracy was introduced to overcome the limitations of current therapeutic options for patients with persistent (PSAF) and longstanding persistent atrial fibrillation (LSPAF). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the procedural safety and feasibility as well as effectiveness of HABL in patients with PSAF and LSPAF 1 year after the procedure. MATERIAL AND
methodsThe study is a single-center, prospective clinical registry. From 07/2009 to 12.2014, 90 patients with PSAF (
resultsAt 6 months after the procedure 78% (54/69) of patients were in SR. At 12 months after the procedure 86% (59/69) were in SR and 62.3% (43/69) in SR and off class I/III antiarrhythmic drugs (AADs). Only 1% (1/69) of patients required a repeat ablation for atrial flutter. A significant decrease in LA dimension and an increase in LVEF were noted.
conclusionsA combination of epicardial and endocardial RF ablation should be considered as a treatment option for patients with persistent and long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation as it is safe and effective in restoring sinus rhythm.
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