Commentary: Concomitant atrial fibrillation ablation: The forgotten procedure

Should we operate on elderly patients? And, if them, should provide them with complete treatment of their disease? The answers to these 2 questions seem obvious, and are convinced that vast majority the cardiac surgeons would respond affirmatively both. In reality, however, problem combined surgeries in is multifaceted; not only must consider operating an aging perhaps fragile population, but also have perform complex procedures achieve same results expected younger patients.