title: Invited commentary.
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Surgery Division, S. Raffaele University Hospital, Via Olgettina 60, 20132 Milan, Italy. stefano.benussi@hsr.it
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Benussi
mesh_terms: D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods / Q000401:mortality*; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000379:methods / Q000401:mortality*; D006801:Humans; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D016019:Survival Analysis