ReviewMedicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)2026
Beyond the Maze: Hybrid Ablation and Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion in Cardiac Surgery: Evidence Synthesis and the MESAGE Study Protocol.
Sotirios C Kotoulas, Vasileios Kolovos, Nikolaos Tsiamis, Athanasios Kotoulas, Charalampos Georgiou, Panteleimon Tsipas, Ioannis Panagiotou, Dimitrios Antoniadis, Christophoros Kotoulas
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Sotirios C KotoulasDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 401 General Military Hospital of Athens, Panagiotis Kanellopoulos Avenue, 11525 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0009-0000-1785-3198 Vasileios KolovosDepartment of Cardiology and Electrophysiology, 401 General Military Hospital of Athens, 11525 Athens, Greece.
Athanasios KotoulasDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 401 General Military Hospital of Athens, Panagiotis Kanellopoulos Avenue, 11525 Athens, Greece.
Charalampos GeorgiouDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 401 General Military Hospital of Athens, Panagiotis Kanellopoulos Avenue, 11525 Athens, Greece.
Panteleimon TsipasDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 401 General Military Hospital of Athens, Panagiotis Kanellopoulos Avenue, 11525 Athens, Greece.
Ioannis PanagiotouDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 401 General Military Hospital of Athens, Panagiotis Kanellopoulos Avenue, 11525 Athens, Greece.
Dimitrios AntoniadisDepartment of Cardiology and Electrophysiology, 401 General Military Hospital of Athens, 11525 Athens, Greece.
Christophoros KotoulasDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 401 General Military Hospital of Athens, Panagiotis Kanellopoulos Avenue, 11525 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-0940-9975 Funding
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Atrial AppendageAtrial FibrillationCardiac Surgical ProceduresCatheter AblationLeft Atrial Appendage ClosureMaze ProcedureHumansProspective StudiesRandomized Controlled Trials as Topicatrial fibrillationAtriClipBOX lesionhybrid ablationimplantable loop recorderleft atrial appendage occlusionnew technologiesposterior wall isolationpulmonary vein isolationsurgical ablation
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PMCPMC13208459
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