The following paper has been retracted from the Journal of Arrhythmology: Chragyan V.A., Arutyunyan V.B., Kadyraliev B.K., Vronsky A.S., Myalyuk P.A. Optimization strategy of surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation. Journal of Arrhythmology. 2018;(93):37-42. (In Russ.) DOI: 10.25760/VA-2018-93-37-42. Date of retraction decision: 12 th January 2021. Requested by: a journal reader. Reason: plagiarism. Previous reference where plagiarism was detected from: Vaskovskiy V.A., Serguladze S.Yu. Possibilities and prospects of surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation. Annals of arrhythmology. 2016; 13(2): 64-72. DOI: 10.15275/annaritmol.2016.2.1