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Surgical Radiofrequency MAZE III Ablation for Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation During Open Heart Surgery [PDF]
Journal of Tehran University Heart Center, 2006 Background: Atrial fibrillation is a common arrhythmia in patients with rheumatic mitral and other valve diseases who are candidates for valve repair surgeries.
Fariborz Akbarzadeh, Rezayat Parvizi
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Journal of Medicine in Scientific Research, 2019 Introduction Atrial fibrillation is the most common cardiac arrhythmia and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. The classic cut-and-sew maze procedure is successful in 85–95% of patients.
Waleed El-Awady
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A Chronicle of Hybrid Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Therapy: From Cox Maze to Convergent [PDF]
Arrhythmia & Electrophysiology Review, 2022 The burden of AF is increasing in prevalence and healthcare resource usage in the UK and worldwide. It can result in impaired quality of life for affected patients, as well as increased risk of stroke, heart failure and mortality.
Riyaz A Kaba +3 more
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Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation : radiofrequency catheter ablation for redo procedures after cryoablation [PDF]
, 2013 Aim: To evaluate the effectiveness of two different strategies using radiofrequency catheter ablation for redo procedures after cryoablation of atrial fibrillation. Methods: Thirty patients (paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: 22 patients, persistent atrial
Gramley, Felix, Kettering, Klaus
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A-maze of Natural Stories: Comprehension and surprisal in the Maze task
, 2022 Behavioral measures of word-by-word reading time provide experimental evidence to test theories of language processing. A-maze is a recent method for measuring incremental sentence processing that can localize slowdowns related to syntactic ambiguities ...
Roger Philip Levy, Veronica Boyce
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Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2022 Nonparoxysmal atrial fibrillation continues to challenge electrophysiologist and surgeons alike. Stand-alone endocardial catheter ablation has resulted in less than satisfying results, and while the on-pump Cox-Maze surgery has excellent results, the ...
HelenMari Merritt-Genore +1 more
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Advances in Imaging for Atrial Fibrillation Ablation [PDF]
, 2011 Over the last fifteen years, our understanding of the pathophysiology of atrial fibrillation (AF) has paved the way for ablation to be utilized as an effective treatment option.
Andrew D'Silva +3 more
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The Surgical Treatment for Atrial Fibrillation: Ablation Technology and Surgical Approaches
Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal, 2013 The Cox maze procedure developed originally in 1987 by Dr James Cox has evolved from a “cut and sew” surgical procedure, where the maze was applied using multiple surgical cuts, to an extensive use of surgical ablation technology where ablation lesions ...
Linda Henry, Niv Ad
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Vìsnik Nacìonalʹnogo Tehnìčnogo Unìversitetu Ukraïni Kììvsʹkij Polìtehnìčnij Ìnstitut: Serìâ Radìotehnìka, Radìoaparatobuduvannâ, 2020 Purpose: Today radiofrequency heart ablation is gold standard for the radical surgical treatment of different types of heart rhythm disturbances.The purpose of the research is a comparative analysis of monopolar and bipolar electrodes for ablation ...
Y. P. Stasiuk +3 more
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Atrial Arrhythmias After Surgical Maze Findings During Catheter Ablation [PDF]
, 2006 ObjectivesWe describe the clinical and electrophysiologic characteristics and management of post “cut and sew” Maze arrhythmias in symptomatic patients.BackgroundThe Cox Maze procedure was developed as a surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation.
Saliba, Walid +9 more
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