"Atrial fibrillation is a big problem. It is a 'missed opportunity' if you don't do
a Maze procedure during a valve or CABG procedure."
- Dr. Luis Castro, Sequoia Hospital
“Probably 80% to 90% of ischemic strokes are related to AFib. It's a major health burden. I'm keen on continued advances in our techniques to improve AFib care."
- Dr. Richard Shemin, UCLA Health
“For patients, AFib is really associated in their minds as the bad thing that made them
symptomatic. If you can get them out of AFib, it's really rewarding."
- Dr. Katherine Harrington, The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano
“When one addresses atrial fibrillation using a Cox-Maze IV procedure, these patients do much better. For the first time in their lives, they're ambulating well."
- Dr. Vinay Badhwar, WVU Medicine
"I became very passionate about AFib treatment because I recognized that we
had an opportunity to remove the dramatic risks of AFib from the patient's lives."
- Dr. Marc Gerdisch, Franciscan Health
"I firmly believe that atrial fibrillation needs to be treated concomitantly for coronary disease. It needs to be treated appropriately. I have advocated a burden-specific lesion set that is going to make sense and provide efficacious treatment for atrial fibrillation in the concomitant setting for coronary disease."
- Dr. Steven Hoff, Orlando Health
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Page last updated: July 1, 2019
