Women undergoing non-mitral cardiac surgeries are less likely than men to receive guideline-recommended concomitant procedures to treat existing AF, according to Michigan registry data.

tctmd.com/news/concomita… Katie Wagner, MD MSc Robert Hawkins Dr. Gilbert Tang Armin Kiankhooy

Great Maze & Blue 💛 💙 Afib contribution. Let’s provide equal treatment for 🧔🏻‍♂️ & 👩🏻‍🦰 with AF. Gorav Ailawadi Robert Hawkins Katie Wagner, MD MSc Evaluation of sex differences in the receipt of concomitant atrial fibrillation procedures during non-mitral cardia… pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38692480/

Rising star ⭐️ Irsa Hasan Cedars-Sinai gave a fantastic talk on the 🦾 robotic mitral 🫀learning curve. Cedars-Sinai Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency AATS #AATS2024 All Things Afib

Afib legend, Dr Damiano gives a great comprehensive talk on AF treatment ⁦AATS⁩ #AATS2024 ⁦WashU Cardiothoracic Surgery⁩ ⁦All Things Afib⁩

Congrats Jad Malas and team Cedars-Sinai Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency on this excellent work on 🦾🫁 transplant. Poster presentation AATS #AATS2024

Provocative study by Dr McCarthy ⁦Northwestern CT Surgery⁩ and colleagues presented this morning showing benefit of preventative AtriClip in Medicare patients w/o Afib but with Chadsvasc 3 or more. #AATS2024 🇨🇦Toronto ⁦AATS⁩ ⚡️🫀📎👍

POAF in isolated CABG from 🇦🇺

w/ or w/o Pericardiotomy 20.2% vs 26.3%, p<0.05

Non-responders: undetected pAF or atrial myopathy 🧐 ???

Posterior pericardiotomy and the prevention of post-operative atrial fibrillation and cardiac tamponade in isolated… pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38659034/

On average, someone in the U.S. dies of a stroke every 3 minutes and 14 seconds. If there is a history of A.Fib, please address the left atrial appendage at the time of cardiac surgery!

The CEASE-AF randomized controlled trial demonstrated long-term durability of Hybrid ablation through 24 months of follow-up and ~33% absolute improvement in freedom from atrial arrhythmias* in patients with LSPAF.**​
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Learn more: bit.ly/3xth6Qi​
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*Freedom from atrial

Thank you Gianluca Torregrossa and colleagues for the opportunity to participate in this manuscript and fantastic 📺 video 🫀⚡️. Open Access !!! Cedars-Sinai Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency TSMA TSRA

Isolator Synergy EnCompass clamp: surgical notes ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

Results from 🇨🇭Registry:

12-month AFS: Pers AF
PFA: 55% ⚡️
CBA: 62% 🥶
RFA: 48% 🔥

Pulsed-field vs. Cryoballoon vs. Radiofrequency ablation: outcomes after pulmonary vein isolation in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation - Heart Rhythm heartrhythmjournal.com/article/S1547-…

Our latest publication evaluating QOL after Hybrid ablation. ⁦All Things Afib⁩ ⁦⁦Cedars-Sinai Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency⁩ ⁦TSMA⁩ ⁦TSRA⁩ vats.amegroups.org/article/view/9…

#gotafib Let's talk about the amazing 'ABC' surgery that saved my life. This video: youtu.be/Q7zC2StMnkM?si…
summarizes the procedure that Armin Kiankhooy has pioneered. It is a 'medical' video that shows the hows & whys in detail. If you suffer from AFib pls watch & learn...

New episode All Things Afib Podcast 📻 !!! Check out my discussion with HelenMari Merritt Genore about the latest 2024 STS Guidelines for the Surgical Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation. 🫀⚡️
Cedars-Sinai Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency TSMA TSRA

open.spotify.com/episode/5YLaGs…

Our latest iteration of the totally thoracoscopic “maze” - ABC (All Bipolar Clamp) technique. Finally made a video and recap of prior publications. All Things Afib TSMA Cedars-Sinai Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency

Totally Thoracoscopic Maze - ABC Technique youtu.be/Q7zC2StMnkM?si… via YouTube

Pulsed field ablation technology for pulmonary vein and left atrial posterior wall isolation in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation - onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jc…

N=249
Median F/u 273 days
AF/AT/AFl Recurrence: (p=NS)
PVI only: 18.3%
PVI+LAPWI: 15.3%

Need a summary of how to OAC AFib to ⬇️CVA 🧠? Nice figure from 2023 ACC/AHA Guidelines. Essentially, CHA2DS2-Vasc = 2 Male or 3 Female should be on a DOAC, unless Mitral stenosis or mechanical valve then Warfarin. ASA plus Plavix NOT good enough - Class 3 : Harm.

Please treat AF 🙏 and save 🧠

New onset late Ischemic stroke:
⬇️ 36% lower in AF treated SAVR patients vs SAVR alone

Clinical Benefits of Surgical Ablation during Isolated Aortic Valve Replacement: A Nationwide Study pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38447184/

New onset POAF persists after 🫀 surgery:

17.8% at 3 months
24.4% at 6 months
30.1% at 12 months
35.3% at 18 months 🤯

New-onset post-operative AF recurrence after cardiac surgery detected by implantable loop recorders: A systematic r… pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38447764/

Love this 🇨🇿 RCT!
Trust but verify 🫀⚡️🥶
Patients do better when we work together!
Moritz C. Wyler von Ballmoos Niv Ad, MD

Sequential Hybrid Ablation versus Surgical CryoMaze Alone for Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation: Results of Multicentre Randomised Controlled Trial academic.oup.com/europace/artic…