Posted by THOMAS C. GLASS on August 11, 2002 at 20:52:57:
In Reply to: maze and ablation surgeons in San Francisco Bay Area posted by Jean Sandberg on August 11, 2002 at 02:16:32:
JEAN, I HAD 2 ABLATIONS IN 1997. CURED FLUTTER BUT WENT INTO AFIB. I WAS ON CARDIMA PROGRAM IN 1998 FOR AFIB. THIS WAS A LONG YEAR WITH NO RESULTS. THE PROBLEM IS THAT IT ONLY ABLATES THE RIGHT ATRIUM.I THINK MOST AFIB IS IN BOTH ATRIUMS AS WELL AS THE PULMARY VEINS.IF I KNEW WHAT I KNOW NOW I WOULD NOT HAVE GONE THROUGH CARDIMA. OCT 2000 HAD THE MAZE. NOW AT 22 MONTHS POST MAZE I HAVE BEEN AFIB AND DRUG FREE.
I THINK THE MAZE IS THE ONLY CURE. GOOD LUCK TOM