Long-term outcomes of one-stop unilateral thoracoscopic hybrid ablation for persistent atrial fibrillation after failed catheter ablation
Lina Wang, Xingpeng Liu, Ju Mei, Hao Liu, Changlin Lu, Fengnan Wang, Bingrui Wang, Jingshu Lei, Chen Tan, CHONGYOU LEE · 2026
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Lina Wang and colleagues report long-term outcomes of one-stop hybrid ablation for persistent atrial fibrillation in patients whose earlier catheter ablations failed. Their 2026 retrospective study follows forty-four patients treated between May 2015 and April 2021 with same-day surgical and catheter ablation through one-sided chest access, plus management of the left atrial appendage.
At discharge, 93.2 percent of patients held sinus rhythm, with no deaths or strokes in hospital. Freedom from arrhythmia measured 68.2 percent at one year, then settled near half by three and five years in the reported follow-up. Half the patients recurred, most within the first year. A larger left atrium hinted at higher recurrence risk in exploratory modeling. Appendage tissue showed muscle thickening and inflammation often, with hidden clot in a tenth of specimens. No clot-related events occurred during follow-up. The authors call the strategy viable but exploratory.
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| CREATOR | Lina Wang, Xingpeng Liu, Ju Mei, Hao Liu, Changlin Lu, Fengnan Wang, Bingrui Wang, Jingshu Lei, Chen Tan, CHONGYOU LEE |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 38007 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |