In the 1980s when surgery was first introduced for the treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF), one would often hear comments like "Every little old grandmother has AF. Why on earth would you operate on someone like that?".
Keywords: cardiac anatomy; catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation; left atrium; right atrium; specialized conduction system; surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation.
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