Treatment of lone atrial fibrillation: a look at the past, a view of the present and a glance at the future

Initial Experience of Sequential Surgical Epicardial-Catheter Endocardial Ablation for Persistent and Long-Standing Persistent Atrial Fibrillation With Long-Term Follow-Up

(2011) Srijoy Mahapatra et al.   ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY

Thoracoscopic Video-Assisted Pulmonary Vein Antrum Isolation, Ganglionated Plexus Ablation, and Periprocedural Confirmation of Ablation Lesions

(2011) Sébastien P.J. Krul et al.   Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Total occlusion of both right-sided pulmonary veins after radiofrequency ablation for atrial fibrillation

(2011) Yong Seog Oh et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY

Advanced left-atrial fibrosis is associated with unsuccessful maze operation for valvular atrial fibrillation

(2011) Satoshi Kainuma et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY

Ablation of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation during coronary artery bypass grafting: 12 months’ follow-up through implantable loop recorder

(2011) Evgeny Pokushalov et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY

Lone atrial fibrillation: what is known and what is to come

(2011) T. S. Potpara et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PRACTICE

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.   EUROPACE

Left atrial appendage contributes to left atrial booster function after the maze procedure: quantitative assessment with multidetector computed tomography☆

(2010) Kazuo Yamanaka et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY

Impact of preoperative atrial fibrillation on the late outcome of off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery☆

(2010) Kazuaki Fukahara et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY

Postoperative atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing aortocoronary bypass surgery carries an eightfold risk of future atrial fibrillation and a doubled cardiovascular mortality

(2010) Anders Ahlsson et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY

Left atrial wall tension directly affects the restoration of sinus rhythm after Maze procedure

(2010) William Wang et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY

A left atrial ablation with bipolar irrigated radio-frequency for atrial fibrillation during minimally invasive mitral valve surgery☆

(2009) Marco Solinas et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY

Biometal muscle to restore atrial transport function in a permanent atrial fibrillation animal model: a potential tool in the treatment of end-stage heart failure

(2009) Piergiorgio Tozzi et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY

Point: Minimally invasive bipolar radiofrequency ablation of lone atrial fibrillation: Early multicenter results

(2009) Erik Beyer et al.   JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY

Minimally Invasive Pulmonary Vein Isolation and Partial Autonomic Denervation for Surgical Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation

(2008) James R. Edgerton et al.   ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY

Success of Surgical Left Atrial Appendage Closure

(2008) Anne S. Kanderian et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY