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Editorial
. 2025 May;169(5):1491-1498.
doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2024.05.008. Epub 2024 May 23.

Outcome benefits of surgical ablation and left atrial appendage obliteration for atrial fibrillation during adult cardiac surgery

J Hunter Mehaffey  1 , J Scott Rankin  2 , Lawrence M Wei  2 , Vinay Badhwar  2
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Outcome benefits of surgical ablation and left atrial appendage obliteration for atrial fibrillation during adult cardiac surgery

J Hunter Mehaffey et al. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2025 May.
No abstract available

Keywords: atrial ablation; atrial fibrillation; left atrial appendage obliteration.

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Conflict of Interest Statement Dr Rankin is a consultant for AtriCure, and Dr Badhwar serves as a nonremunerative consultant to Abbott. All other authors reported no conflicts of interest. The Journal policy requires editors and reviewers to disclose conflicts of interest and to decline handling or reviewing manuscripts for which they may have a conflict of interest. The editors and reviewers of this article have no conflicts of interest.

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