The surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation

dc.contributor.author Akpınar, Belhhan
dc.contributor.author Sağbaş, Ertan
dc.contributor.author Güden, Mustafa
dc.contributor.author Sanisoğlu, İlhan
dc.date.accessioned 2019-06-27T08:06:29Z
dc.date.available 2019-06-27T08:06:29Z
dc.date.issued 2007
dc.description.abstract The 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.citationcount 5
dc.identifier.endpage 73
dc.identifier.issn 2149-2263 en_US
dc.identifier.issn 2149-2271 en_US
dc.identifier.issn 2149-2263
dc.identifier.issn 2149-2271
dc.identifier.issue 1
dc.identifier.pmid 17347081 en_US
dc.identifier.scopusquality Q3
dc.identifier.startpage 65 en_US
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12469/1198
dc.identifier.uri http://www.anatoljcardiol.com/jvi.aspx?pdir=anatoljcardiol&plng=eng&un=AJC-84669&look4=
dc.identifier.volume 7 en_US
dc.identifier.wos WOS:000253867900017 en_US
dc.identifier.wosquality Q4
dc.language.iso tr en_US
dc.publisher Turkish Soc Cardiology en_US
dc.relation.journal Anatolian Journal of Cardiology en_US
dc.relation.publicationcategory Makale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı en_US
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess en_US
dc.subject Atrial fibrillation en_US
dc.subject Maze procedure en_US
dc.subject Ablation en_US
dc.title The surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation en_US
dc.type Article en_US
dc.wos.citedbyCount 5
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