Eleanor Croft

Trends and in hospital clinical outcomes in patients with pre-existing atrial fibrillation undergoing isolated coronary artery bypass grafting with or without concomitant surgical atrial fibrillation ablation in the United Kingdom.

In UK patients with pre-existing AF undergoing isolated CABG, concomitant surgical AF ablation was used in approximately one in seven cases and was associated with longer operative times and a higher weighted incidence of deep sternal wound infection, but no statistically significant differences were observed in mortal...