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Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1324-1325
© 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Original Articles: Cardiovascular

Invited commentary

Hauw T. Sie, MDa, Anand R. Ramdat Misier, MD, PhDb

a Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Isala Klinieken, Groot Wezenland 20, JW Zwolle, 8011 JW, the Netherlands
b Department of Cardiology and Electrophysiology, Isala Klinieken, Groot Wezenland 20, JW Zwolle, 8011 JW, the Netherlands

(Email: hauw.sie@hetnet.nl).

The first 20% of the full text of this article appears below.

I would like to congratulate Stulak and associates [1] on their article that is of importance to those of us involved in the treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF).

The surgical treatment of AF was initiated more than two decades ago with atrioventricular node ablation and evoluated in the 1980s to the left atrial isolation procedure and the corridor operation.

These operations had in common that they were merely designed to achieve a nonphysiological regular rhythm, irrespective of functionality of both atria.

It was not until 1987, when the maze procedure was introduced by Dr Cox. This operation was designed to restore sinus rhythm as well as atrial contractility. . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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