Fading magic of maze procedure

Fading magic of maze procedure Pankaj

I read with interest a recent article by Reston and Shuhaiber [1] where they have analysed the reported clinical outcome of maze-related surgical procedures for intractable atrial fibrillation (AF). I congratulate them for this excellent meta-analysis [1]. I would like to add a few comments. Maze procedure is an excellent example of a technique which was grabbed by an impatient scientific commu...

The Cox maze IV procedure: predictors of late recurrence.

OBJECTIVES The Cox maze III procedure achieved high cure rates and became the surgical gold standard for the treatment of atrial fibrillation. Because of its invasiveness, a more simplified ablation-assisted procedure, the Cox maze IV procedure, has been performed at our institution since January 2002. The study examined multiple preoperative and perioperative variables to determine predictors ...

The impact of mitral valve surgery combined with maze procedure.

OBJECTIVE Recent studies indicated that successful maze procedure for atrial fibrillation (AF) adjunct to mitral valve surgery provided a lower incidence of stroke and recurrence of AF. The purpose of this study is to review the 13-year experience of these combined procedures and to identify the risk factors and late outcomes of successful maze procedures compared to failed maze procedures. M...

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

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