Linda,
Patricia talks about seeing Dr. Wolf and considering the mini-maze procedure. See the comment by @patinhou here: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/good-morning-im-almost-66-years-old-with-infrequent-afib-and-on/?pg=10#comment-34475
Patricia, did you decided to have the mini-maze done? Why or why not?

Linda, you may have alread read this, but here’s a paper talking about the procedure
– Minimally invasive surgery for atrial fibrillation—Wolf Mini Maze procedure https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3904339/

There is a discussion about tikosyn here. Care to participate?
– Tikosyn for A Fib https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/tikosyn-for-a-fib/

Thoracic surgeon inform me that AF sufferer may consider MM , A EP shld stand by to perform the ablation as well. Thats two procedures by 2 specialist. Double cost n what abt the time factor… anyone gone through MM as a stand alone procedure?

I took tikosyn successfully for 5.5 years, but I went into atrial flutter in April of this year. (This was just after I was switched to the generic form of dofetilide, which seems suspicious to me, but I am assured that I had just reached the end of effectiveness after a good long time.) I have been in atrial flutter since then. Cardioversion failed so I was taken off dofetilide and refered for traditional ablation, but the TEE just before the ablation showed too much "sludge" in my left atrial appendage. I have talked to a surgeon who wants to do open heart ablation, closure of the LAA and maybe replacement of my mitral valve. I have been researching less invasive ways to accomplish these things, so I am also interested in the Wolf mini maze. I need to talk to my surgeon, who is working on less invasive techniques, and then find the best place for a second opinion. If anyone has similar experience, I would love to hear it!