Why the study?
Does surgical ablation prevent mid-to-long-term recurrence of atrial fibrillation in patients with atrial fibrillation compared to catheter ablation?
Does surgical ablation prevent mid-to-long-term recurrence of atrial fibrillation in patients with atrial fibrillation compared to catheter ablation?
Surgical ablation and catheter ablation offer similar mid-to-long-term efficacy for preventing atrial fibrillation recurrence, achieving approximately 50% freedom from AF at five years.
Supports shared decision-making between surgical and catheter ablation; confirms their comparable long-term efficacy in meta-analysis.
Despite potentially more complex diseases, surgical ablation patients have non-inferior long-term AF recurrence when compared to those undergoing catheter ablation. Recurrence at 12 months as well as procedural time are also similar between these groups. Ultimately, both ablation methods were able to prevent recurrence of AF in approximately 50% of patients at five years following the procedure.
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