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Surgical Procedures, Operative > Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures > Cardiac Surgical Procedures > Maze Procedure
Surgical Procedures, Operative > Thoracic Surgical Procedures > Cardiac Surgical Procedures > Maze Procedure
Surgical Procedures, Operative > Ablation Techniques > Maze Procedure

Preferred term

Maze Procedure  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A surgical treatment in which heart tissue is scarred (cut-and-sew method), excised or otherwise destroyed in an open chest approach to direct electrical signals through a more controlled path via the ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE. It is often used to restore normal rhythms in ATRIAL FIBRILLATION.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Cox-Maze Operation
  • Cox-Maze Procedure
  • Maze Ablation
  • Maze Surgery

Allowable Qualifier(s)

In other languages

  • Procédure Maze

    French

  • Ablation Maze
  • Chirurgie Maze
  • Intervention Cox-Maze
  • Intervention Maze
  • Procédure Cox-Maze
  • Procédure de Cox-Maze
  • Procédure de Maze

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-Q6BPV97G-F

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