Surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation trends and outcomes in North America Niv Ad, MD, Rakesh M. Suri, MD, DPhil, James S. Gammie, MD, Shubin Sheng, PhD, Sean M. O'Brien, PhD, Linda Henry, PhD The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Volume 144, Issue 5, Pages 1051-1060 (November 2012) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.07.065 Copyright © 2012 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Frequency of preoperative (Preop) atrial fibrillation (AF) and surgical ablation for AF procedures among patients undergoing primary nonemergent cardiac surgery. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2012 144, 1051-1060DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.07.065) Copyright © 2012 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Concomitant surgical ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF) by type of concomitant procedure. Preop, Preoperative; CABG, coronary bypass grafting; AVR, aortic valve replacement; MV, mitral valve; Other, left ventricular aneurysm repair, ventricular septal defect repair, atrial septal defect repair, batista, surgical ventricular restoration, congenital defect repair, transmyocardial laser revascularization, cardiac trauma, cardiac transplant, aortic aneurysm, other. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2012 144, 1051-1060DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.07.065) Copyright © 2012 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 3 Distribution of propensity score percentiles before matching. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2012 144, 1051-1060DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.07.065) Copyright © 2012 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 4 Distribution of propensity score percentiles after matching. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2012 144, 1051-1060DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.07.065) Copyright © 2012 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions