Comparison of cardiac surgery with left atrial surgical ablation vs. cardiac surgery without atrial ablation in patients with coronary and/or valvular heart disease plus atrial fibrillation: final results of the PRAGUE-12 randomized multicentre study

Do we increase the operative risk by adding the Cox Maze III procedure to aortic valve replacement and coronary artery bypass surgery?

(2012) Niv Ad et al.   JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY

The first Maze procedure

(2011) James L. Cox   JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY

What size of left atrium significantly impairs the success of maze surgery for atrial fibrillation?

(2011) N. Sunderland et al.   Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

How effective is cryoablation for atrial fibrillation during concomitant cardiac surgery?

(2011) C. F. Camm et al.   Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation: The Task Force for the Management of Atrial Fibrillation of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)

(2010) et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

The influence of age on atrial fibrillation recurrence after the maze procedure in patients with giant left atrium

(2010) Seung Hyun Lee et al.   JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY

Intermediate-term Outcomes of Surgical Atrial Fibrillation Correction with the CryoMaze Procedure

(2009) James S. Gammie et al.   ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY

Improved Patient Survival With Concomitant Cox Maze III Procedure Compared With Heart Surgery Alone

(2009) Yves Louagie et al.   ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY

Left atrial radiofrequency ablation during mitral valve surgery: a prospective randomized multicentre study (SAFIR)

(2009) Philippe Chevalier et al.   Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases

Risk factors analysis on failure of maze procedure: mid-term results☆

(2009) Hyung Gon Je et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY

Mitral valve surgery plus concomitant atrial fibrillation ablation is superior to mitral valve surgery alone with an intensive rhythm control strategy☆☆☆

(2009) Ulrich O. von Oppell et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY

Randomized study of surgical isolation of the pulmonary veins for correction of permanent atrial fibrillation associated with mitral valve disease

(2009) Álvaro Albrecht et al.   JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY

Atrial Fibrillation Correction Surgery: Lessons From The Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Cardiac Database

(2008) James S. Gammie et al.   ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY