title: [LONG-TERM RESULTS OT SURGICAL ABLATION OF LEFT ATRIAL GANGLIONAR PLEXUS IN PATIENTS WITH CORONARY HEART DISEASE AND ATRIAL FIBRILLATION].
abstract: We evaluated long-term results of epicardial radio-frequency ablation of anatomical zones of left atrial ganglionar plexuses (GP) during aortocoronary bypass surgery in patients with coronary heart disease and atrial fibrillation (AF). In 2010-2012, radio-frequency ablation of GP was performed in 92 patients with AF. The patients were divided into 3 groups depending on the form of AF. Group 1 comprised patients with paroxysmal AF, group 2 with persistent AF, group 3 with long-standing persistent AF. Mean duration of observation was 14.4 ± 9.6 months. Radiofrequency ablation of GP anatomical zones combined with aortocoronary bypass surgery markedly improved the clinical and functional conditions of the patients and allowed to preserve the sinus rhythm for a long period in 78.6% and 39% of them presenting with paroxysmal and long-standing paroxysmal AF respectively.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Chernyavsky
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Rakhmonov
authors.forename: Yu E
authors.initials: YE
authors.lastname: Kareva
authors.forename: I A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Pak
mesh_terms: D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000601:surgery*; D017763:Autonomic Denervation / Q000379:methods*; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000379:methods*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000294:innervation / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans