Posted by Joe Costa on March 08, 2003 at 17:53:03:
In Reply to: Maze and Mitral Valve Repair and Plavix posted by Bill Landis on March 08, 2003 at 17:00:04:
Bill;
I had the procedures you mentioned in your post at the CCF in June 2000. McCarthy did the surgery and Hammer the follow up cardiology. I left CCF in NSR and no meds other than the usual Aldactone, aspirin and pain stuff. A couple of days later I got stuck in aflutter and needed to be electro-cardioverted. At this point Hammer put me on propafenone and later toprol xl for about 6 months. I still do the toprol xl for PVC's but no anti-coagulants. If you take a look at some of the other posts about this issue, you will find a few different approaches to anti-coagulation post maze.
Good rhythms to you sir,Joe Costa