The Surgical Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation

Anson M. Lee; Spencer J. Melby; Ralph J. Damiano

doi:10.1016/j.suc.2009.06.001

The Surgical Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation

Anson M. Lee, Spencer J. Melby, Ralph J. Damiano

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Abstract

Atrial fibrillation is a complex disease affecting a significant portion of the general population. Although medical therapy is the mainstay of treatment, intervention plays an important role in selected patients. The Cox-Maze procedure is the gold standard for the surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation and has more than 90% success in eliminating atrial fibrillation. Ablation technologies have played a key role in simplifying this technically demanding procedure and making it available to more patients. A myriad of new lesion sets and approaches were introduced over the last decade which has made the operative treatment of atrial fibrillation less invasive and more confusing.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1001-1020
Number of pages	20
Journal	Surgical Clinics of North America
Volume	89
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.suc.2009.06.001
State	Published - Aug 2009

Keywords

Arrhythmia surgery
Atrial fibrillation
Cardiac ablation
Maze procedure
Pulmonary vein isolation

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