%0 Journal Article %T Hybrid atrial fibrillation ablation in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation or failed catheter ablation %A I. C. Van Gelder %A M. A. Mariani %A M. I. H. Al-Jazairi %A M. Rienstra %A T. J. Klinkenberg %A Y. Blaauw %J Archive of "Netherlands Heart Journal". %D 2019 %R 10.1007/s12471-019-1228-3 %X Combined ¡®hybrid¡¯ thoracoscopic and percutaneous atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation is a strategy used to treat AF in patients with therapy-resistant symptomatic AF. We aimed to study efficacy and safety of single-stage hybrid AF ablation in patients with symptomatic persistent AF, or paroxysmal AF with failed endocardial ablation, and assess determinants of success and quality of life %K Atrial fibrillation %K Hybrid %K Ablation %K Thoracoscopic %K Pulmonary vein isolation %K Single-stage %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6393682/