Long-term Outcome Following Concomitant Surgical Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation at University Hospital Basel: A Retrospective Study

University Hospital Basel

Status: Completed

Conditions: Atrial Fibrillation; Maze Procedure

Treatments: Procedure: Surgical Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05542017

2018-00206

Details and patient eligibility

About

This retrospective single-centre study aims to examine the success rate of concomitant surgical ablation in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) with an up to eight years follow-up period. Moreover, the focus of this study was to identify variables which predict freedom from AF, such as the type of AF, lesion set performed, energy source used and the patient's characteristics.

Enrollment: 123 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• concomitant surgical ablation for atrial fibrillation
• performed between January 2011 and January 2017 at University Hospital Basel

Exclusion criteria

• stand-alone procedure
• surgical ablation for atrial flutter