What Is the Maze Procedure (Surgical Ablation)? If you have an irregular heartbeat caused by atrial fibrillation (AFib), you may need surgery to restore your normal heart rhythm. This is called ...

In particular, the maze procedure can be performed safely and cures the majority of patients with atrial fibrillation. Over the last two decades, the introduction of new ablation technologies has ...

There are three kinds: Maze procedure. Your doctor will usually do this while you're having open heart surgery for another problem, like a bypass or valve replacement. They make small cuts in the ...

Maze surgery, or surgical ablation, is a procedure commonly recommended to treat an irregular heartbeat (atrial fibrillation) when other methods such as medication, cardioversion therapy (electric ...

Atrial fibrillation causes an irregular heart rhythm. The maze procedure is a surgical intervention that tries to solve the arrhythmia by interrupting the multiple electric impulses causing the ...

Chicago, IL - Heart surgeon Dr Patrick McCarthy (Northwestern Cardiovascular Institute, Chicago, IL) successfully performed a simplified maze procedure without a heart-lung bypass machine last ...

The conventional surgical approach, known as the Cox maze procedure, involves making multiple, strategically placed incisions in both atria to isolate and stop the abnormal electrical impulses.

The conventional surgical approach, known as the Cox maze procedure, involves making multiple, strategically placed incisions in both atria to isolate and stop the abnormal electrical impulses.

The new robotic maze procedure is an alternative to open-heart surgery. It's performed through tiny, keyhole incisions with fewer complications and a shorter hospital stay. Phillip Robinson ...

St Louis, MO - Replacing the traditional "cut-and-sew" incisions of the Cox-maze procedure with bipolar radiofrequency ablation lesions is safe and effective for controlling atrial fibrillation ...