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Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:364-365
© 1992 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Combined maze procedure and septal myectomy in a septuagenarian

Arie Blitz, MD, David McLoughlin, MD, Jay Gross, MD, Daniel S. Schwartz, MD, John D. Fisher, MD, Soo G. Kim, MD, Rosemary Frame, RN, Richard F. Brodman, MD*

Departments of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Surgery, and Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Moses Division, and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York USA

Accepted for publication November 27, 1991.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Brodman, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, 111 East 210th St, Bronx, NY 10467.

A 75-year-old woman with refractory paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy underwent a successful combined maze procedure and septal myectomy. Postoperative episodes of atrial fibrillation and flutter occurred only during periods of bradyarrhythmia and did not recur with atrial inhibited pacing.




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