title: Radiofrequency maze ablation for atrial fibrillation in a patient undergoing atrial septal defect repair.
abstract: Chronic atrial fibrillation affects over 2.2 million people and is associated with complications including heart failure, stroke, and exercise intolerance. Since drug therapy and cardioversion have been only partially successful in restoring sinus rhythm, surgical procedures were developed for medically refractory atrial fibrillation (1). We report a case of successful left atrial radiofrequency ablation for chronic atrial fibrillation in a patient who had a large secundum atrial septal defect.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Section of Cardiothoracic Surgery, West Virginia University Health Sciences Center, Morgantown, USA.
authors.forename: Ronald C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.forename: Ganga
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Prabhaker
authors.forename: Subbareddy
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Konda
authors.forename: Gordon
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Murray
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Barbaccia
authors.forename: Morgan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lyons
mesh_terms: D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome