Mini maze.Most people with AFib don’t need open-heart surgery. That’s where this minimally invasive option comes in. You might hear it called Cox-Maze IV. This is also similar to ablation, but the doctor will make three or four small cuts in your side and put tubes, surgical tools,...
Alternatively, some patients benefit from cardioversion (electrical current is used toshockthe heart back to sinus rhythm), catheter ablation (a technique that threads a catheter into the heart's atrium and with attachments that deliver radiofrequency energy) or cryoablation (freezing) to disable or ...
That’s where this minimally invasive option comes in. You might hear it called Cox-Maze IV. This is also similar to ablation, but the doctor will make three or four small cuts in your side and put tubes, surgical tools, and a tiny camera into them. Convergent procedure...
Although Sandi Fezatt Schrameyer’s doctor recommended a pacemaker after three failed ablations, she said, “No way.” She knew she wanted to try a different option, and after learning about the mini maze procedure at our conference, she had one. She is now afib-free and medication-free....
Although Sandi Fezatt Schrameyer’s doctor recommended a pacemaker after three failed ablations, she said, “No way.” She knew she wanted to try a different option, and after learning about the mini maze procedure at our conference, she had one. She is now afib-free and medication-free....
"Treatment of atrial fibrillation has been rapidly evolving over the past two decades," Engelstein says. "The most effective treatment iscatheter ablation, a same-day, minimally invasive procedure that treats the source of AFib in the left upper chamber of the heart." ...
Pulsed field ablation employs short bursts of electric energy that disrupt heart muscle cells more than others. The technology aims to avoid generating the excess heat or cold that can cause some of the major complications seen with thermal ablation, such as damage to the surrou...
Mini maze procedure.Most people with AFib don’t needopen-heart surgery. That’s where this less invasive option comes in. The doctor makes several small cuts between your ribs and uses a camera to guide catheters for either cryoablation or radiofrequency ablation. Some hospitals offer robot-as...
During cryoballoon ablation, your doctor guides a thin, flexible tube called a catheter from your groin to yourheart, and they use it to release and inflate a tiny balloon that freezes that area of your heart where the AFib comes from. This creates scar tissue that stops the faulty electrica...
Rhythm control medicines might work if you can't take rate control medicines or they don't help. Some people take these medicines after a calcium channel blocker to get back to a normal heart rhythm after their heart rate is already under control. ...