Amaze: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Adjunct Surgery for Atrial Fibrillation

Thursday, November 8, 2018

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Source Name: European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery

Source URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezy165

Author(s)

Samer A M Nashef, Simon Fynn, Yasir Abu-Omar, Tomasz J Spyt, Christine Mills, Colin C Everett, Julia Fox-Rushby, Jeshika Singh, Malcolm Dalrymple-Hay, Catherine Sudarshan, Massimiliano Codispoti, Peter Braidley, Francis C Wells, Linda D Sharples

This is a randomized controlled trial evaluating the impact of adjunct atrial fibrillation surgical treatment in patients undergoing cardiac surgery. Included are 352 patients. Sinus rhythm was restored two times more frequently in those who underwent atrial fibrillation surgery. There was no difference in survival and quality of life up to two years.