Why the study?
Does saline-irrigated-cooled-tip radiofrequency ablation safely restore sinus rhythm in patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing concomitant cardiac surgery?
Does saline-irrigated-cooled-tip radiofrequency ablation safely restore sinus rhythm in patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing concomitant cardiac surgery?
Saline-irrigated-cooled-tip radiofrequency ablation during concomitant cardiac surgery is safe and effectively restores sinus rhythm in the majority of patients at 1 year.
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May support irrigated RF ablation safety in concomitant surgery; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice without RCTs.
Khargi et al. (2003) studied this question.
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