BookJonathan M. Philpott, Christian W. Zemlin, Ralph Damiano.
Contents:
Chapter 1. Foundations and fundamentals
Chapter 2. Outcome tracking is critical to success- and a mandatory part of the procedure
Chapter 3. Maze indications, perioperative managment, and expected success rates
Chapter 4. The art and science of making effective maze ablation lines
Chapter 5. Mastering the initial dissection and cannulation: making ablation easy and safe
Chapter 6. Overview of the right atrial lesion set of the Maze-IV
Chapter 7. The vertical atriotomy
Chapter 8. The intercaval line
Chapter 9. The modified and the classic right atrial appendage line
Chapter 10. Tricuspid caval isthmus line
Chapter 11. Overview of the left side of the Maze-IV lesion set
Chapter 12. Box pulmonary vein isolation
Chapter 13. LAA line and appendage amputation/exclusion
Chapter 14. The mitral valve isthmus line
Chapter 15. Intraoperative testing
Chapter 16. Sequencing overview and coronary artery bypass implications
Chapter 17. Sequencing examples using the modified MVI CS ablation line technique
Teaching appendix. Thought experiments to understand activation waves, AF, atrial flutter, MRCs, and complications of the Maze
Index.