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Surgery for Atrial Fibrillation and Other Supraventricular Tachycardias

Atrial Fibrillation The treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF) with antiarrhythmic medications have been limited by modest efficacies, proarrhythmic side effects, and systemic toxicities. Conversely, rate-control strategies leave patients in AF and do not address the impaired hemodynamics or symptoms associated…

Surgical Treatment of Cardiac Arrhythmias

Current nonpharmacologic treatments for cardiac arrhythmias include catheter ablation, implantation of pacemakers and cardioverter-defibrillator devices, and surgery. These modalities can be used to treat essentially all supraventricular and ventricular tachyarrhythmias. Although the indications for surgical intervention have narrowed, surgery remains…