TY - JOUR
T1 - Surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation
T2 - The time is now
AU - Poynter, Jeffrey A.
AU - Beckman, Daniel J.
AU - Abarbanell, Aaron M.
AU - Herrmann, Jeremy L.
AU - Manukyan, Mariuxi C.
AU - Weil, Brent R.
AU - Bumb, Karen
AU - Meldrum, Daniel R.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported in part by the following NIH grants R01-GM070628 (D.R.M.), R01-HL085595 (D.R.M.), 1F32-HL092718 (A.M.A.), 1F32-HL092719 (J.L.H.), and 1F32-HL093987 (B.R.W.), and the NIH Loan Repayment Program.
PY - 2010/12
Y1 - 2010/12
N2 - Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common chronic arrhythmia in the United States and is associated with high morbidity rates and significant healthcare costs. Although medical therapy for AF modestly reduces complications, cardiac surgery continues to have an important role in the treatment of AF and is constantly evolving. Cardiothoracic surgeons are uniquely positioned to offer effective operations to patients with lone AF, in addition to those undergoing concomitant elective cardiac surgery. This review discusses (1) the burden of AF, (2) classification and electrophysiology of AF, (3) surgical techniques and outcomes, and (4) future directions in surgical therapy.
AB - Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common chronic arrhythmia in the United States and is associated with high morbidity rates and significant healthcare costs. Although medical therapy for AF modestly reduces complications, cardiac surgery continues to have an important role in the treatment of AF and is constantly evolving. Cardiothoracic surgeons are uniquely positioned to offer effective operations to patients with lone AF, in addition to those undergoing concomitant elective cardiac surgery. This review discusses (1) the burden of AF, (2) classification and electrophysiology of AF, (3) surgical techniques and outcomes, and (4) future directions in surgical therapy.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=78649424260&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.05.046
DO - 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.05.046
M3 - Review article
C2 - 21095380
AN - SCOPUS:78649424260
VL - 90
SP - 2079
EP - 2086
JO - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
JF - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
SN - 0003-4975
IS - 6
ER -