This video interview is with a 75-year-old patient, on postoperative day #3, after a surgical aortic valve replacement surgery for critical aortic stenosis, combined with a radiofrequency maze procedure for atrial fibrillation.
His aortic valve was replaced with a 25mm Edwards Inspiris Resilia bovine bioprothetic valve. The maze procedure was performed with the AtriCure radiofrequency system, along with placement of a 50mm AtriCure left atrial clip occluder.
The maze procedure treats atrial fibrillation by creating a specific pattern (maze) of scar tissue, redirecting the reentrant electrical currents that cause atrial fibrillation. Clip occlusion of the left atrial appendage reduces the risk of embolic stroke from afib. The success rate for a maze procedure is 80 to 90%, and is well-tolerated.
The patient is being discharged on postoperative day #3, with minimal to no discomfort and in normal sinus rhythm. Surgical aortic valve replacement, combined with a maze procedure, can be performed through a conventional median sterneromy with minimal pain, short lengths of stays, and early recovery.
๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ: ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ธ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต. ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฆ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ฅ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด ๐๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ.
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