Hybrid thoracoscopic and transvenous catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: Is this the answer we are searching for?

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 62-63

  Calkins, Hugh ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

ablation; arrhythmia; atrial fibrillation; catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation; surgical atrial fibrillation ablation; thoracoscopic atrial fibrillation ablation

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR EQUIPMENT; CATHETER ABLATION; CLAMP; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CATHETER; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; HYBRID THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY; NOTE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 84862864601     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.01.068     Document Type: Editorial

References (2)

1. H. Calkins, K.H. Kuck, R. Cappato 2012 HRS/EHRA/ECAS expert consensus statement on catheter and surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation: recommendations for patient selection, procedural techniques, patient management and follow-up, definitions, endpoints, and research trial design: a report of the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) Task Force on Catheter and Surgical Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation. Developed in partnership with the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA), a registered branch of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society (ECAS); and in collaboration with the American College of Cardiology (ACC), American Heart Association (AHA), the Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society (APHRS), and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS). Endorsed by the governing bodies of the American College of Cardiology Foundation, the American Heart Association, the European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society, the European Heart Rhythm Association, the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, the Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society, and the Heart Rhythm Society Heart Rhythm 9 2012 632 696
2. L. Pison, M. La Meir, J. van Opstal, Y. Blaauw, J. Maessen, H.J. Crijns Hybrid thoracoscopic surgical and transvenous catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation J Am Coll Cardiol 60 2012 54 61