Improved survival after concomitant surgical ablation and a clip-a strong argument for performing it more often

Anders Albåge^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Anesthesiology, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden.
² Department of Surgical Sciences, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden.

Editorial

Anders Albåge. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2022.

. 2022 Jan 1;65(3):ezae075.

doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezae075.

Anders Albåge^{1

2}

¹ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Anesthesiology, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden.
² Department of Surgical Sciences, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden.

No abstract available

Keywords: Left atrial appendage occlusion; Surgical ablation; Survival.

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Surgical ablation, left atrial appendage occlusion or both? Nationwide registry analysis of cardiac surgery patients with underlying atrial fibrillation.
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