Published in Medical Devices and Surgical Technology Week, February 3rd, 2008
"From February 2005 to February 2007, 220 patients were prospectively enrolled in a single center study, and among them 129 patients with concomitant cardiac surgery and at least 6- month follow-up were reviewed. Primary procedures were mitral surgery in 50% of the cases, coronary bypass in 32%, and aortic surgery in 16%. Atrial fibrillation was permanent in 66 (51.1%), paroxysmal in 43 (33.3%), and persistent in 20...
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