A prospective, single-center clinical trial of a modified Cox maze procedure with bipolar radiofrequency ablation

Surgical Outcomes of Cox-maze IV Procedure Using Bipolar Irrigated Radiofrequency Ablation and Cryothermy in Valvular Heart Disease

BACKGROUND We evaluated the efficacy of Cox-maze IV procedure using bipolar irrigated radiofrequency ablation and cryothermy in chronic atrial fibrillation associated with valvular heart disease. MATERIAL AND METHODS From November 2005 to June 2009, ninety four patients have undergone valvular heart surgery with Cox-maze IV procedure. Preoperative duration of atrial fibrillation was 7.6±6.5 y...

The Cox - Maze Procedure for Lone Atrial Fibrillation : A Single Center Experience over Two Decades

The Cox-Maze Procedure for Lone Atrial Fibrillation: A Single-Center Experience Over 2 Decades

This study reviews our experience in the surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF) during the past 2 decades in 212 consecutive patients with lone AF. Freedom from AF in the original Cox-Maze III procedure was 93%. However, the procedure was difficult to perform and had a 10% rate of major complications. By using radiofrequency bipolar clamp technology to replace surgical incisions with tr...

The cox-maze procedure for lone atrial fibrillation: a single-center experience over 2 decades.

BACKGROUND The Cox-Maze procedure (CMP) has achieved high success rates in the therapy of atrial fibrillation (AF) while becoming progressively less invasive. This report evaluates our experience with the CMP in the treatment of lone AF over 2 decades and compares the original cut-and-sew CMP-III to the ablation-assisted CMP-IV, which uses bipolar radiofrequency and cryoenergy to create the ori...

The Cox-Maze Procedure for Lone Atrial Fibrillation: A Single Center Experience over Two Decades Running title: Weimar et al.; Cox-Maze Procedure for Lone Atrial Fibrillation