Hi @jshah,

@cabgx6maze517 has written about having Cardiac Artery Bypass Graft x6 with Maze procedure; you can see his comments here:
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/hi-everyone-i-am-glad-to-be-a-part-of-this-community/
@patinhou was also considering the mini-maze procedure. See her comment here: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/good-morning-im-almost-66-years-old-with-infrequent-afib-and-on/

@jshah, may I ask why your husband is considering the Maze surgery with the septal myectomy surgery?

Septal myectomy should make you feel alot better afterward. It will relieve the obstruction your heart is feeling. As for the MAZE, that is usually only done for patients who also have atrial fibrillation before myectomy. The hope is that it will restore you to normal sinus rhythm. I have not had one. It is not that common, but it is not uncommon either. I hope that helps somewhat. Sorry I can't be more specific. As it is open heart surgery, of course, there is always the risk that something will go wrong. However, at an expert center like Mayo, the chances of that are very small.

Wishing you all the best.

Hi Kanaazpereira

Thank you for your reply. My husband also has Afib and I guess for that reason doctor's were saying may be u should do MAZE Procedure as well. It seems like there are side effects to that. I wanted to see if someone did this procedure and how do they feel.

How are people dealing with stress and fear of surgery??? We have 2 little kids and I am freaking out...what is the worst that can happen. My husband is scead too but he is not saying it out loud but I feel that..