Key result
Concomitant surgery for atrial fibrillation remains a clinically difficult area with conflicting evidence, requiring further research to elucidate optimal surgical strategies.
Why the study?
Is concomitant surgery for atrial fibrillation beneficial during cardiac surgery?
Is concomitant surgery for atrial fibrillation beneficial during cardiac surgery?
This review provides guidance on the pathophysiological background and conflicting evidence regarding concomitant surgery for atrial fibrillation during cardiac surgery.
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Decisions on concomitant AF surgery warrant individualized caution; leaves open optimal strategies for prospective trials.
Concomitant surgery for atrial fibrillation is a conceptually and clinically difficult area of cardiac surgical decision making. This review introduces the pathophysiological background, provides insight and guidance for cardiac surgeons on some of the conflicting evidence and claims, and explores the fields in which further research may help elucidate a cardiac surgical clinical strategy for tackling this common and potentially lethal form of arrhythmia.
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Nashef et al. (2017) conducted a review in Atrial fibrillation. Concomitant surgery for atrial fibrillation was evaluated. Concomitant surgery for atrial fibrillation remains a clinically difficult area with conflicting evidence, requiring further research to elucidate optimal surgical strategies.
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