Hybrid ablation for atrial fibrillation: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Hybrid ablation for AF is performed in a growing number of centers. Due to absence of guidelines, operative approaches and perioperative care differ per center. In this review, an overview of findings from published studies on hybrid ablations is given, and related topics are discussed (e.g., one- and two-stage approaches, lesion sets, and patient management).

Methods

A systematic literature search was performed in the PubMed and Embase databases. All identified articles were screened and checked for eligibility by the two authors.

Results

Twelve studies describing a total of 563 patients were selected. Due to substantial differences in approaches (one-stage, two-stage, sequential), surgical techniques (bilateral or monolateral thoracoscopy, subxiphoideal, tra

SUBMITTER: Vroomen M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5110599 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature