Beating Heart Maze

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Posted by Jack Drum on December 31, 2003 at 15:16:36:

Glenn and all others interested. I wrote Dr. Adam E. Saltman of the UMass Memorial Medical Center last night about his surgery on Beating hearts. Here is his reply that I received today. Also a link to his person sheet.
http://www.ctsnet.org/home/asaltman

Hi, Jack -

I remember you well, and I hope you are doing the same.

Yes, I routinely do the maze on a beating heart, sometimes in combination with other heart surgery and sometimes alone. I have also been doing COMPLETELY ENDOSCOPIC maze operations, without opening the chest at all, for about a year now. Thirteen US patients and four UK patients so far by me, and about 16 patients elsewhere, all using my technique. This is very very exciting and is a true breakthrough for AF patients, as they can leave the hospital in about a day and have only 6 small holes (5mm) in their chest...

If you would like to see more about this, please check out my presentation and the microwave section on the Heart Surgery Forum at:
http://www.hsforum.com/vol6/issue3/2003-11333.html and http://www.hsforum.com/microwave.

I also have a video of the procedure, which I thought was uploaded to HSF, but I can't find it (!). I can send you one if you like...

Take care!
Adam Saltman

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