Multidisciplinary Clinic Offers a New Model for Complex AFib Care

When patients with refractory AFib fall into a treatment gap, a collaborative new multidisciplinary clinic from Keck Medicine of USC gives them a way out.

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November 3, 2026
5 min

Keck Medicine of USC

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Keck Medicine of USC opened a multidisciplinary atrial fibrillation clinic in Pasadena for patients with complex, longstanding persistent AFib.
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The clinic combines cardiac electrophysiologists, cardiac surgeons, and a nurse practitioner to assess patients and develop individualized treatment plans.
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For longstanding persistent AFib, endocardial treatments alone may be less successful than a hybrid approach that also uses minimally invasive epicardial techniques.
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The clinic offers convergent maze and totally thoracoscopic maze procedures with left atrial appendage exclusion, followed by electrophysiologic evaluation.
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The clinic also provides long-term rhythm monitoring, risk-factor modification, and management of comorbidities such as heart failure and valvular disease.

Multidisciplinary Clinic Offers a New Model for Complex AFib Care

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Multidisciplinary Clinic Offers a New Model for Complex AFib Care

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