AF	Atrial Fibrillation.
CASE-AF Register	German CArdioSurgEry Atrial Fibrillation Register.
CABG	Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery.
CI	Confidence Interval.
EuroSCORE	European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation.
IHF	Institute for Heart Attack Research (German: Institut Für Herzinfarktforschung).
LA	Left Atrial.
LAA	Left Atrial Appendage.
LAAOS III	The Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Study III.
MACCE	Major Adverse Cardiac and Cerebrovascular Events.
mEHRA	Modified European Heart Rhythm Association symptom classification.
OAC	Oral Anticoagulation.
OR	Odds Ratio.
PPI	Permanent Pacemaker Implantation.
RA	Right atrial.
RCT	Randomized Controlled Trial.
SA	Surgical Ablation Therapy.
SR	Sinus Rhythm.