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Table 1.

Literature search

Search type	Terms used	Hits^a PubMed	Hits^a Embase
MeSH terms and Free terms	(“Atrial fibrillation”[MeSH] OR “Atrial fibrillation”[All Fields]) AND ((“hybrid ablation”[All Fields]) OR (“hybrid procedure”[All Fields]) OR (“hybrid approach”[All Fields]) OR (“hybrid”[All Fields]) OR (“endocardial-epicardial ablation”[All Fields]) OR (“surgical-electrophysiological approach”[All Fields]) OR (“thoracoscopic-transcatheter approach”[All Fields]))	210	–
Keywords and Free terms	(Atrial fibrillation) AND (hybrid ablation OR hybrid procedure OR hybrid approach OR endocardial-epicardial ablation OR surgical-electrophysiological approach OR thoracoscopic-transcatheter approach)	–	127

^aLast search conducted on January 7, 2016