MORRISVILLE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Heart Rhythm Journal has published a 12-month, 100 patient outcome study evaluating the Convergent Procedure, an epicardial-endocardial technique to treat patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), the most common cardiac arrhythmia. The physician study reported outcomes of 66 percent arrhythmia-free survival after a single procedure at one year. Patients were treated at First Health of the Carolinas Moore Regional Hospital and UNC Heart & Vascular Clinic at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.