Key result
Cardiac arrhythmia surgery over the past 25-30 years provided the essential foundation for modern catheter techniques, leaving the Maze and Dor procedures as the remaining viable surgical options.
This historical review highlights how 25-30 years of cardiac arrhythmia surgery laid the foundation for modern catheter ablation techniques.
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Caution against changing practice from historical review alone; leaves open modern comparative trials of Maze/Dor options.
James L. Cox (2004) conducted a review in Cardiac arrhythmias. Cardiac arrhythmia surgery was evaluated. Cardiac arrhythmia surgery over the past 25-30 years provided the essential foundation for modern catheter techniques, leaving the Maze and Dor procedures as the remaining viable surgical options.
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