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

Preferred term

Maze Procedure  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Ablation, Maze
  • Cox Maze Operation
  • Cox-Maze Operation
  • Cox-Maze Operations
  • Cox Maze Procedure
  • Cox-Maze Procedure
  • Maze Ablation
  • Maze Ablations
  • Maze Surgeries
  • Maze Surgery

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 2020

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000079042

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