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How Long Does The Heart Take To Stop Fluttering After The Cryo Maze Procedure?

I am being scheduled for a Cryo-maze procedure of both atriums. I have 2 St. Jude valves and have had heart flutter off and on for 3 years. I ll need to be on the heart lung machine and in 2003 I had memory loss after. Can you tell me statistics on how long I might be free from flutter after this procedure. If it is less than 5 years. I m considering SN node clipping. I already have a pacemaker put in last year. Thanks, Steve
Tue, 4 Aug 2015
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if it works it is effective at once. But in addition to ur previous ht surgeries, i would recommend catheter ablation and may be total av node ablation because u already have pacemaker. if 2 or 3 cath ablations don't work u may finally do invasive surgery .
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How Long Does The Heart Take To Stop Fluttering After The Cryo Maze Procedure?

if it works it is effective at once. But in addition to ur previous ht surgeries, i would recommend catheter ablation and may be total av node ablation because u already have pacemaker. if 2 or 3 cath ablations don t work u may finally do invasive surgery .