ReviewArrhythmia & electrophysiology review2020
The Convergent Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Procedure: Evolution of a Multidisciplinary Approach to Atrial Fibrillation Management.
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 39 citations in OpenAlex.
- Mid term freedom from atrial fibrillation following hybrid ablation, a systematic review and meta analysis.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2023Pooled it
- Hybrid convergent ablation versus endocardial catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised control trials and propensity matched studies.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2022Pooled it
- Convergent Hybrid Ablation Versus Catheter Ablation in Patients With Persistent Atrial Fibrillation and Heart Failure: HALT AF Study Protocol and Rationale for a Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2026Article
- Mini- and Micro-Invasive Approaches in Cardiac Surgery: Current Techniques, Outcomes, and Future Perspectives.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Review
- Robotic Hybrid Ablation with Novel Epicardial Electrophysiological Mapping: Impact on Atrial Fibrillation Therapy.Interdisciplinary cardiovascular and thoracic surgery · 2025Article
- The Impact of Weight Categories on the Association Between Atrial Fibrillation/Flutter and Known Risk Factors: A Nationwide Inpatient Data Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Long-Term Outcomes after Convergent Procedure for Atrial Fibrillation.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Robotic-Assisted Epicardial Hybrid Ablation and Left Appendage Closure in Persistent Atrial Fibrillation: First European Experience.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Impact of Obesity on Atrial Fibrillation Pathogenesis and Treatment Options.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2024Review
- Hybrid epicardial-endocardial ablation for long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation: A subanalysis of the CONVERGE Trial.Heart rhythm O2 · 2023Article
- Convergent ablation for persistent atrial fibrillation: outcomes from a single-centre real-world experience.European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery · 2022Observational
- A Chronicle of Hybrid Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Therapy: From Cox Maze to Convergent.Arrhythmia & electrophysiology review · 2022Review
- Adverse events related to AtriCure EPi-Sense Coagulation Device-Analysis of the FDA MAUDE database.Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology · 2022Article
- Temporal trends and predictors of surgical ablation for atrial fibrillation across a multistate healthcare system.Heart rhythm O2 · 2022Article
- Thoracoscopic infrared ablation to create a box lesion as a treatment for atrial fibrillation.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2022Article
- The Convergent Ablation and AtriClip Exclusion of the Left Atrial Appendage in Long-Standing Persistent Atrial Fibrillation.Clinical medicine insights. Case reports · 2022Article
- Hybrid convergent ablation versus endocardial catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of arrhythmia · 2021Article
- Hybrid Convergent Procedure for the Treatment of Persistent and Long-standing Persistent Atrial Fibrillation.Arrhythmia & electrophysiology review · 2021Review
- Persistent Atrial Fibrillation: The Role of Left Atrial Posterior Wall Isolation and Ablation Strategies.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Review
- Rhythm Control of Persistent Atrial Fibrillation in Systolic Heart Failure: A Bayesian Network Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.International journal of heart failure · 2021Article
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7 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
The treatment of AF has evolved over the past decade with increasing use of catheter ablation in patients refractory to medical therapy. While pulmonary vein isolation using endocardial catheter ablation has been successful in paroxysmal AF, the results have been more controversial in patients with long-standing persistent AF where extrapulmonary venous foci are increasingly recognised in the initiation and maintenance of AF. Hybrid ablation is the integration of minimally invasive epicardial ablation with endocardial catheter ablation, and has been increasingly used in this population with better results. The aim of this article was to analyse and discuss the evidence for the integration of catheter and minimally invasive surgical approaches to treat AF with specific focus on convergent ablation and exclusion of the left atrial appendage using a surgically applied clip.
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