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.
IntroductionGuidelines recommend concomitant surgical ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF) in selected patients with pre-existing AF undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). We assessed temporal trends, early clinical outcomes, and factors associated with surgical AF ablation in patients undergoing isolated...