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Maze Procedure for Atrial Fibrillation
Risks
The risks of the maze procedure are similar to the risks of any heart surgery and include:
- Bleeding.
- Infection.
- Reference Stroke Opens New Window.
- Reference Pneumonia Opens New Window.
- Reference Heart attack Opens New Window (myocardial infarction, or MI).
- New arrhythmias.
- Needing to have a Reference pacemaker Opens New Window implanted.
- Death.
| By: | Reference Healthwise Staff | Last Revised: November 2, 2010 |
| Medical Review: | Reference E. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine
Reference John M. Miller, MD, FACC - Cardiology, Electrophysiology |
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