The surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation

dc.contributor.authorAkpınar, Belhhan
dc.contributor.authorSağbaş, Ertan
dc.contributor.authorGüden, Mustafa
dc.contributor.authorSanisoğlu, İlhan
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-27T08:06:29Z
dc.date.available2019-06-27T08:06:29Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.description.abstractThe surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF) has entered a new era with the development of new tools and advanced techniques. The Maze III operation remains as the gold standard for the surgical treatment of AF. However new energy sources have been adopted for treating this arrhythmia in an effort to reduce the invasiveness and technical concerns with the original procedure. Success rates ranging between 70-98% have been reported using these new techniques. On the other hand interventional cardiologists have further improved their techniques so that percutaneous techniques are competing with minimally invasive ablation techniques for the treatment of drug resistant and symptomatic lone AF. These developments have aroused the interest of cardiac surgeons in AF surgery and have found themselves a wide application. It has been estimated that thirty thousand patients have undergone surgical ablation for AF so far. Inevitably procedure related complications have occurred and caused skepticism by some groups. However surgical ablation has become a widely accepted treatment modality for AF patients undergoing concomitant cardiac surgery. The aim of this text is to make an overall review of the surgical treatment of AF and evaluate the current situation in view of the literature and the personal experience of the authors.en_US]
dc.identifier.citation5
dc.identifier.endpage73
dc.identifier.issn2149-2263en_US
dc.identifier.issn2149-2271en_US
dc.identifier.issn2149-2263
dc.identifier.issn2149-2271
dc.identifier.issue1
dc.identifier.pmid17347081en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ3
dc.identifier.startpage65en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12469/1198
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.anatoljcardiol.com/jvi.aspx?pdir=anatoljcardiol&plng=eng&un=AJC-84669&look4=
dc.identifier.volume7en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000253867900017en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ4
dc.language.isotren_US
dc.publisherTurkish Soc Cardiologyen_US
dc.relation.journalAnatolian Journal of Cardiologyen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectAtrial fibrillationen_US
dc.subjectMaze procedureen_US
dc.subjectAblationen_US
dc.titleThe surgical treatment of atrial fibrillationen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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