There were six women and three men (mean age of 60 ± 9.4 years, range 46-70 years). The mean time since the documented onset of the arrhythmia was 7.2 ± 6.0 years (range 1-20 years). One patient, who ...
St. Louis, Oct. 18, 2004 -- A minimally invasive approach to curing the most common heart rhythm abnormality, atrial fibrillation, takes half the time of the traditional surgical procedure but is ...
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 ...