Atrial Fibrillation Surgery in 2016

What is the current state of atrial fibrillation surgery? An international panel of experts met at the 80th Annual SCTS Annual Meeting in Birmingham, United Kingdom, for an in-depth discussion of this issue. Moderator Michael Mack of the Heart Hospital Baylor, Plano, Texas, was joined by Niv Ad of Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, Virginia, Manuel Castella of Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, and Marc La Meir of Academic Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht, the Netherlands. The expert panel discusses concomitant and stand-alone surgeries for atrial fibrillation, energy sources, and the CTSN trial.