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“When a patient has AFib and goes into the operating room - either for mitral disease, aortic disease or coronary artery disease – a concomitant surgical ablation should be performed.”

- Dr. Vaughn Starnes, the 2019-2020 AATS President, and Chair of the Department
of Surgery at the Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California

"Atrial Fibrillation can kill patients. They can have a stroke. It may impair their quality of life forever. Surgical ablation is only being done in maybe 60% of mitral valve surgery. It only takes 10 minutes. Patients appreciate it. They feel better."

- Dr. Patrick McCarthy, Northwestern Medicine

“I developed a passion for surgical ablation because patients with AFib are miserable.   My success rate for getting patients off blood thinners hovers in the high 80s and low 90s.  Plus, the data in my state shows a survival benefits for AFib patients with mitral valve disease. For me, this is rewarding.”

- Dr. Matthew Romano, Michigan Medicine

“Right now, we have an opportunity to take away the risk of
stroke and the risk of death associated with AFib."

- Dr. Marc Gerdisch, Franciscan Health