Catheter ablation of atrial tachyarrhythmias after a Maze procedure: A single center experience

Atrial tachyarrhythmias after the maze procedure: incidence and prognosis.

BACKGROUND The Maze procedure restores normal sinus rhythm in the majority of patients. However, atrial tachyarrhythmias (ATA) are a common early complication after the operation. The purpose of this study was to define the incidence and natural history of ATA after the Maze procedure. METHODS Complete medical records from 200 patients who underwent the Maze procedures (I, II, and III) from 1...

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 Two Decades

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