Short- and long-term outcomes in thoracoscopic versus hybrid thoracoscopic ablation in patients with atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and reconstructed individual patient data meta-analysis.

Luca Aerts Michal J Kawczynski Elham Bidar Justin G L M Luermans Sevasti-Maria Chaldoupi Mark La Meir Mariusz KowalewskiJos G MaessenSamuel Heuts Bart Maesen

Published in: Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology (2024)

Hybrid thoracoscopic AF-ablation is associated with a greater long-term freedom from ATA when compared to isolated thoracoscopic ablation, without differences in complications.

Keyphrases

robot assisted
systematic review
thoracic surgery
radiofrequency ablation
catheter ablation
case report
risk factors
randomized controlled trial
meta analyses
big data
machine learning
adipose tissue
minimally invasive
deep learning