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Post- TT Maze procedure (trans-thoracoscopic Maze ablation)
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Hi Jenrev!
Happy to hear of your success!! Thank you for posting your story and for providing updates. There is not much information on this procedure on the web so I appreciate hearing your experience.
I had the maze procedure 11 days ago on June 28,2024.
Happy to say that I have not been in Afib since the procedure but I also understand that it can take up to 6 months to be sure the procedure work.
I too had the 6 incisions like you with the ablation on the outside of the heart. 3 years prior I had the ablation on the inside of the heart, but after being on Tikosyn for 3 hrs it no longer kept me out of Afib so thats when my EP referred me to the CT surgeon for the maze procedure.
I didn’t want to share too much more at this time as I’m only 2 weeks out from having the procedure but I did want to thank you again for sharing your story!
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Good for you, Cathy! I'm glad you chose to move ahead with the procedure. Now, give yourself lots of time for your heart to settle out after the trauma it has been through. I still had many arrhythmias (both afib and ectopics) for about 4 months after the surgery. Then I went through a great period where I was still weaning off the Amiodarone and had almost nothing.
Alas, when the amio was fully out of my system, a few a-fib episodes started showing up again. My providers made the choice to put me back on Flecainide which I had been on for many years, and that has helped a lot. I consider the surgery to be a success, if not a "perfect success."
Take care of yourself during this healing time. We are all so different, we just need to do what is best for ourselves and be grateful for all improvements. Jen