Decision-making in Surgical Treatment for Stand-alone Atrial Fibrillation: Minimally Invasive Cox Maze Procedure

Minimally invasive surgery for atrial fibrillation-Wolf Mini Maze procedure.

Comparison of the stand-alone Cox-Maze IV procedure to the concomitant Cox-Maze IV and mitral valve procedure for atrial fibrillation.

BACKGROUND The majority of patients undergoing surgical ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF) worldwide receive a concomitant mitral valve (MV) procedure. This study compared outcomes of the Cox-Maze IV (CMIV) in patients with lone AF to those with AF and MV disease. METHODS A retrospective review of 335 patients receiving either a stand-alone CMIV for AF (n=151) or a CMIV with a MV procedure...

Minimally Invasive Surgical Therapies for Atrial Fibrillation

Atrial fibrillation is the most common sustained arrhythmia and is associated with significant risks of thromboembolism, stroke, congestive heart failure, and death. There have been major advances in the management of atrial fibrillation including pharmacologic therapies, antithrombotic therapies, and ablation techniques. Surgery for atrial fibrillation, including both concomitant and stand-alo...

How I do it: minimally invasive Cox-Maze IV procedure.

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