Reversibility and response to therapy

Patients with severe atrial fibrillation can be offered either a percutaneous, catheter based ablation procedure or a surgical procedure. Despite many improvements, the success ratio of both these approaches has major limitations. Some ten years ago, the idea was raised that the shortcomings of either of these approaches could be abolished by combining the two of them in a single and simultaneous endo and epicardial ablation procedure. [more]