title: Concomitant off-pump modified maze and coronary surgery.
abstract: We describe a modification of the Cox-Maze III using bipolar radiofrequency combined with off-pump coronary artery surgery for the treatment of patients with coronary artery disease and long-standing permanent atrial fibrillation. This study reports the midterm outcome of 12 patients with coronary artery disease and long-standing permanent atrial fibrillation who underwent off-pump coronary artery surgery and concomitant modified Maze with bipolar radiofrequency. At a mean follow-up of 23 months, all patients were alive, and 75% (9 of 12) had sinus rhythm. Our modified Maze can be safely and effectively combined with coronary artery surgery in an off-pump setting.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands. m.mariani@thorax.umcg.nl
authors.forename: Massimo A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Mariani
authors.forename: Thijs
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Stoker
authors.forename: Marcoen F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Scholten
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Addis
authors.forename: Domenico
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Corradi
authors.forename: Ottavio
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Alfieri
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Benussi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000601:surgery*; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000379:methods*; D047549:Coronary Artery Bypass, Off-Pump / Q000379:methods*; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013552:Swine