Reply to García-Villarreal

William F McIntyre^{1

2}, Jeff S Healey^{1

2}, Richard P Whitlock^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton Health Sciences and McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
² Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
³ Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.

William F McIntyre et al. Interdiscip Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2025.

. 2025 Mar 29;40(4):ivaf057.

doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivaf057.

William F McIntyre^{1

2}, Jeff S Healey^{1

2}, Richard P Whitlock^{1

3}

¹ Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton Health Sciences and McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
² Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
³ Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.

No abstract available

Keywords: MAZE; ablation; atrial fibrillation; cardiac surgery; prophylaxis; pulmonary vein isolation.

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