The first surgery with the innovative method for atrial fibrillation management performed at Metropolitan General Clinic was a huge success. The procedure was conducted by Mr. Christoforos Kotoulas and his associates.

Today, the ideal way to treat an atrial fibrillation patient is to combine two methods, i.e. transdermal and minimally invasive surgery (MIS), the so-called hybrid manner.

In such cases, combined procedure time is much shorter, success rate is almost absolute, risks are minimized, and hospital stay lasts only a few days.

Atrial fibrillation is the most common cardiac arrhythmia, considering that approximately 100,000 people suffer from it, all over Greece. The frequency rate reaches 4% in people aged 60 years and above and 7% in people aged over 70 years.

Metropolitan General Hospital is the first Private General Hospital in Greece to apply the atrial fibrillation hybrid therapy, aided by minimally invasive surgery (MIS) and state-of-the-art medical equipment.