@Article{Swanson2010,
journal="Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery",
issn="1731-5530",
volume="7",
number="3",
year="2010",
title="Clinical outcomes differ among the different ablation technologies used for surgical atrial fibrillation therapy",
abstract="Multiple ablation technologies are used to provide atrial fibrillation therapy during cardiac surgery. A rigorous search was performed to identify all peer-reviewed papers that provided clinical outcomes data following the ablation therapy. A META analysis showed significant differences in clinical outcomes by ablation technology type: clinicians using temperature-controlled RF power delivery achieved higher rates of normal sinus rhythm at follow-up and patients ablated with microwave ablation had lower rates of normal sinus rhythm than the average of all ablation-treated patients. Permanent pacemaker implantation rates were higher than average for patients treated with microwave or argon-based Cryoablation technologies, but were lower than the average for patients treated using temperature-controlled RF.",
author="Swanson, David K.",
pages="257--264",
url="https://www.termedia.pl/Clinical-outcomes-differ-among-the-different-ablation-technologies-used-for-surgical-atrial-fibrillation-therapy,40,15343,1,1.html"
}