Maze Heart Surgery

Research

Mayo Clinic heart surgeons and specialists have conducted numerous research studies related to and published reports about the maze procedure.

Published Research

Mayo PR. Speed and accuracy of depressives on a spiral maze test. Percept Mot Skills. 1966 Dec;23(3):1034. [No abstract available]

Caccitolo JA, Stulak JM, Schaff HV, Francischelli D, Jensen DN, Mehra R. Open-heart endocardial radiofrequency ablation: an alternative to incisions in Maze surgery. J Surg Res. 2001 May 1;97(1):27-33. [Abstract]

Schaff HV, Dearani JA, Daly RC, Orszulak TA, Danielson GK. Cox-Maze procedure for atrial fibrillation: Mayo Clinic experience. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2000 Jan;12(1):30-7. Review. [Abstract]

Handa N, Schaff HV, Morris JJ, Anderson BJ, Kopecky SL, Enriquez-Sarano M. Outcome of valve repair and the Cox maze procedure for mitral regurgitation and associated atrial fibrillation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1999 Oct;118(4):628-35. [Abstract]

Theodoro DA, Danielson GK, Porter CJ, Warnes CA. Right-sided maze procedure for right atrial arrhythmias in congenital heart disease. Ann Thorac Surg. 1998 Jan;65(1):149-53; discussion 153-4. [Abstract]

Lloyd MA, Hayes DL, Holmes DR Jr, Stanson AW, Espinosa RE, Osborn MJ, McGoon MD. Extraction of the Telectronics Accufix 330-801 atrial lead: the Mayo Clinic experience. Mayo Clin Proc. 1996 Mar;71(3):230-4. [Abstract]

Blackshear JL, Odell JA. Appendage obliteration to reduce stroke in cardiac surgical patients with atrial fibrillation. Ann Thorac Surg. 1996 Feb;61(2):755-9. Review. [Abstract]

Chua YL, Schaff HV, Orszulak TA, Morris JJ. Outcome of mitral valve repair in patients with preoperative atrial fibrillation. Should the maze procedure be combined with mitral valvuloplasty? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1994 Feb;107(2):408-15. [Abstract]