Atrial Fibrillation & Maze Procedures--StopAfib.org interviews Dr. John Sirak

In this video, Dr. John Sirak, of the Ohio State University Medical Center (Columbus, OH), talks about the 5-box total thoracoscopic maze procedure, a minimally-invasive surgical procedure for afib that is achieving good results, even among those with persistent or longstanding persistent atrial fibrillation.

This video is a companion to our previous article, New Mini Maze Procedure Shows Promise for Treating Persistent Atrial Fibrillation, at http://www.stopafib.org/newsitem.cfm/NEWSID/286

Dr. Sirak is a cardiothoracic surgeon at The Ohio State University Medical Center, specializing in cardiac surgery as well as general thoracic surgery. He is the principal investigator for a study of minimally invasive surgical therapy of AF and co-investigator in a single center randomized controlled trial of epicardial vs. percutaneous atrial fibrillation therapy.

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• atrial fibrillation
• minimally-invasive surgery
• maze procedures
• afib
• arrythmia surgery
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