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ReviewInternational journal of cardiology. Heart & vessels2014

Surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation.

Yufeng Zhang, Li Zhu

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Review in International journal of cardiology. Heart & vessels, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Yufeng ZhangDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, 800 Xiang Yin Road, Shanghai 200433, China.
Li ZhuJiangsu Institute of Planned Parenthood Research, 277 Feng Huang Xi Street, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210036, China.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF) is currently performed in many major hospitals throughout the world. This paper reviews the development of surgical procedures for AF ablation. It is hoped that the paper can provide a foundation for those involved with ablation of AF to improve patient care. AF is triggered by a rapidly firing focus and could be treated with a localized ablation procedure. A large body of literature has confirmed the safety and efficacy of surgical ablation of AF. New ablation technologies have simplified the surgical treatment of AF and expanded the indications. Generally, more extensive lesion sets have had better long-term outcomes. Despite the tremendous progress that has been made in the development of surgical ablation of AF, many questions remain unanswered. It is anticipated that well designed clinical trials will continue to provide solid evidence to help formulate practice guidelines in the future.

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ArrhythmiaAtrial fibrillationSurgical ablation

Identifiers

PMID29450181
PMCPMC5801442

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