Minimally invasive surgical versus catheter ablation for the long-lasting persistent atrial fibrillation.

OBJECTIVE: To assess the efficacy of video-assisted minimally invasive surgical vs. catheter ablation for the long-standing persistent AF. METHODS: We performed a retrospective comparative analysis in a series of 166 long-standing persistent AF patients treated between 2006 and 2009 with either vide...

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Main Authors: Jiangang Wang, Yan Li, Jiahai Shi, Jie Han, Chunlei Xu, Changsheng Ma, Xu Meng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3135608?pdf=render