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ReviewTurk gogus kalp damar cerrahisi dergisi2024

Surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation: Rationale and technique.

Stephen D Waterford, Niv Ad

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Review in Turk gogus kalp damar cerrahisi dergisi, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Surgical Methods and Devices for Atrial Fibrillation.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Stephen D WaterfordDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Division of Cardiac Surgery University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, USA.
Niv AdDepartment of Surgery, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Cox maze procedure is the most effective treatment for atrial fibrillation with the best long-term success rate compared to any other treatment modality, particularly in persistent and long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation. Cardiac surgeons have an unparalleled opportunity to treat atrial fibrillation as a concomitant operation during the treatment of ischemic or valvular disease. In addition, there are many options for surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation. In this review, we share the anatomic basis for surgical atrial fibrillation ablation, focusing on the Cox maze procedure and discuss some key technical points and common pitfalls to provide an effective ablation of atrial fibrillation. These include a discussion of avoidance of pacemaker implantation and other complications, and also how to produce the most effective lesions from a rhythm standpoint.

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Atrial fibrillationmaze proceduresurgical ablation.

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PMID39513169
PMCPMC11538935

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