Surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation.
Hein J.J. Wellensa b, Hauw T. Sie, Joep L.R.M. Smeets, A R Ramdat Misier, Willem P. Beukema, Pieter A. Doevendans
- aDepartment of Cardiology, University Hospital Maastricht, The Netherlands
- bDepartment of Cardiology, University Hospital Maastricht - The Netherlands
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Abstract
Surgical therapy has been applied in the treatment of atrial fibrillation for almost two decades. At present, the most commonly used approach is the maze operation developed by Cox. In this operation, atrial fibrillation is prevented by critically located incisional lines. Currently, these lines also are drawn during operation using cryoablation or radiofrequency current. To document the value of the maze operation, randomized studies, not only on arrhythmia prevention but also on atrial transport function and thromboembolic complications, should be performed.
TL;DRDie große Anzahl von Publikationen aus jüngster Zeit zur chirurgischen Therapie von Vorhofflimmern (VHF), in denen verschiedenste Methoden angewandt wurden, erschwert eine exakte Angabe zur Erfolgsrate der chirurgerischen Behandlung von VHF. (Semantic Scholar)