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Concomitant surgical ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF) in patients with significant atrial dilation >55 mm. Worth the effort?

BACKGROUND: Concomitant Surgical AF ablation is an established procedure, recommended in guidelines. However many surgeons are reluctant to perform AF ablation in patients with significantly enlarged left atrium. We therefore analyzed outcomes of patients with left-atrial diameter >55 mm undergoi...

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Autores principales: Pecha, Simon, Hakmi, Samer, Subbotina, Irina, Willems, Stephan, Reichenspurner, Hermann, Wagner, Florian Mathias
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4650117/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26577821
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13019-015-0337-3