Achieving metrics during beating-heart ex-maze procedures improves outcomes.
Kiser AC, Wimmer-Greinecker G, Kapelak B, Bartus K, Streitman JE, Knaut M, Sadowski J.
Kiser AC, et al.
Heart Surg Forum. 2008;11(4):E237-42. doi: 10.1532/HSF98.20081044.
Heart Surg Forum. 2008.
PMID: 18782703
METHODS: A beating-heart Ex-Maze procedure was performed in 54 AF patients (paroxysmal, n = 2; persistent, n = 11; longstanding persistent, n = 41) undergoing concomitant cardiac surgery (mitral valve replacement [MVR] = 23, aortic VR [AVR] = 7, coronary artery bypass graft [CABG …
METHODS: A beating-heart Ex-Maze procedure was performed in 54 AF patients (paroxysmal, n = 2; persistent, n = 11; longstanding persistent, …