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ArticleArrhythmia & electrophysiology review2017

One-stage Approach for Hybrid Atrial Fibrillation Treatment.

Vincent Umbrain, Christian Verborgh, Gian-Battista Chierchia, Carlo de Asmundis, Pedro Brugada, Mark La Meir

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Article in Arrhythmia & electrophysiology review, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Review
  3. The Role of the Electrophysiologist in Convergent Ablation.Arrhythmia & electrophysiology review · 2020
    Review
  4. Review
  5. The Cost of Hybrid Treatment for Atrial Fibrillation.Arrhythmia & electrophysiology review · 2018
    Article
4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Vincent UmbrainDepartment of Anaesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University Hospital Brussels,Free University of Brussels, Belgium.
Christian VerborghDepartment of Anaesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University Hospital Brussels,Free University of Brussels, Belgium.
Gian-Battista ChierchiaHeart Rhythm Management Centre, University Hospital Brussels,Free University of Brussels, Belgium.
Carlo de AsmundisHeart Rhythm Management Centre, University Hospital Brussels,Free University of Brussels, Belgium.
Pedro BrugadaHeart Rhythm Management Centre, University Hospital Brussels,Free University of Brussels, Belgium.
Mark La MeirDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Brussels,Free University of Brussels, Belgium.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The one-stage approach for hybrid atrial fibrillation involves the simultaneous and close cooperation of different medical specialties. This review attempts to describe its challenging issues, exposing a plan to balance thrombotic risk and bleeding risk. It describes the combined surgical-electrophysiological procedure. Specific topics, involving hemodynamic, fluid and respiratory management during surgery are considered, and problems related to postoperative pain are surveyed.

Indexed as

Atrial fibrillationhybrid surgerypainradiofrequency ablation

Identifiers

PMID29326837
PMCPMC5739889

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