Perspective and practice of surgical atrial fibrillation ablation: an international survey of cardiac surgeons.

Aims: Despite recommendations stating that surgical atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation is reasonable for patients with AF undergoing cardiac surgery for other indications, the clinical impact of this procedure remains unclear. We aimed to describe surgeons' practices and perceptions of this procedure.

Methods And Results: We built a self-administered survey in collaboration with content and methodology experts.