Thoracoscopic surgical atrial fibrillation ablation in patients with an extremely enlarged left atrium.
Jolien NeefsRobin WesselinkNicoline W E van den BergJonas S S G de JongFemke R PiersmaWimJan P van BovenAntoine H G DriessenJoris R de GrootPublished in: Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing (2021)
Thoracoscopic AF ablation is an effective therapy in a substantial part of GLA patients. Thoracoscopic AF ablation may serve as a last resort treatment option in these patients.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- catheter ablation
- chronic kidney disease
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- heart failure
- coronary artery
- left ventricular
- mesenchymal stem cells
- bone marrow
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- oral anticoagulants
- direct oral anticoagulants
- cell therapy
- smoking cessation
- vena cava