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ArticleKardiochirurgia i torakochirurgia polska = Polish journal of cardio-thoracic surgery2025

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.

Mariusz Kowalewski, Michał Farkowski, Jakub Batko, Natalia Ogorzelec, Michał Zembala, Oskar Kowalski, Sebastian S Aboul-Hassan, Rafał Płaksej, Piotr Buchta, Grzegorz Hirnle and 15 more

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Article in Kardiochirurgia i torakochirurgia polska = Polish journal of cardio-thoracic surgery, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Commentary on: "The role of mediastinal blood in the development of postoperative atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery".Kardiochirurgia i torakochirurgia polska = Polish journal of cardio-thoracic surgery · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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25 authors.

Mariusz KowalewskiDepartment of Cardiac Surgery and Transplantology, National Medical Institute of the Ministry of Interior and Administration, Warsaw, Poland.
Michał FarkowskiDepartment of Cardiology, National Medical Institute of the Ministry of Interior and Administration, Warsaw, Poland.
Jakub BatkoDepartment of Cardiac Surgery and Transplantology, National Medical Institute of the Ministry of Interior and Administration, Warsaw, Poland.
Natalia OgorzelecDepartment of Cardiac Surgery and Transplantology, National Medical Institute of the Ministry of Interior and Administration, Warsaw, Poland.
Michał ZembalaDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, Military Institute of Medicine, National Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland.
Oskar KowalskiDepartment of Human Nutrition, Department of Dietetics, Faculty of Health Sciences in Bytom, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Zabrze, Poland.
Sebastian S Aboul-HassanDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, Zbigniew Religa Heart Center "Medinet", Nowa Sol, Poland.
Rafał PłaksejDepartment of Cardiology, The Copper Health Centre Hospital (MCZ SA), Lubin, Poland.
Piotr BuchtaSilesian Center for Heart Diseases, Zabrze, Poland.
Grzegorz HirnleDepartment of Cardiac, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery and Transplantology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Silesian Center for Heart Diseases, Zabrze, Poland.
Marek JastrzębskiFirst Department of Cardiology, Interventional Electrocardiology and Hypertension, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland.
Agnieszka Wojdyła-HordyńskaMedical Sciences Institute, University of Opole, Poland.
Krzysztof BartusDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery and Transplantology, Institute of Cardiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, St. John Paul II Hospital, Krakow, Poland.
Marek A DejaDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, Upper-Silesian Heart Center, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland.
Marek JasińskiDepartment and Clinic of Cardiac Surgery, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland.
Tomasz HrapkowiczDepartment of Cardiac, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery and Transplantology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Silesian Center for Heart Diseases, Zabrze, Poland.
Bohdan MaruszewskiDepartment of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland.
Janusz SkalskiDepartment of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland.
Kazimierz WidenkaDepartment of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Collegium Medicum, University of Rzeszow, Poland.
Piotr KułakowskiDepartment of Cardiology, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Grochowski Hospital, Warsaw, Poland.
Agnieszka TycińskaDepartment of Intensive Cardiac Care, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland.
Robert J GilDepartment of Cardiology, National Institute of Medicine of the Ministry of Interior and Administration, Warsaw, Poland.
Sebastian StecDepartment of Cardiac Surgery and Transplantology, National Medical Institute of the Ministry of Interior and Administration, Warsaw, Poland.
Adam SokalSilesian Park of Medical Technology, KardioMed Silesia, Zabrze, Poland, Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Silesian Centre for Heart Diseases, Zabrze, Poland.
Piotr SuwalskiDepartment of Cardiac Surgery and Transplantology, National Medical Institute of the Ministry of Interior and Administration, Warsaw, Poland.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This position paper, jointly authored by the Polish Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons and the Heart Rhythm Association of the Polish Society of Cardiology, defines the role of hybrid approaches in the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias, particularly atrial fibrillation. We present a rationale for integrating epicardial and endocardial ablation strategies, summarize current evidence, and advocate for multidisciplinary planning, including arrhythmia treatment during cardiac surgery for other indications and atrial fibrillation treatment as a stand-alone procedure. The paper highlights the importance of minimally invasive approaches, the need for heart team-based planning, structured curricula, and postoperative referral pathways for comprehensive management of atrial fibrillation and non-atrial fibrillation arrhythmias.

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arrythmiaarrythmia treatmentatrial fibrillationhybrid ablation

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PMID41340689
PMCPMC12670236

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