Long-term outcomes of concomitant Cox-Maze III procedure in patients with aortic valve diseases and preoperative atrial fibrillation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There was limited evidence on the clinical benefits of the concomitant Cox-Maze procedure with aortic valve replacement (AVR) in patients with atrial fibrillation. This study aimed to evaluate the early and long-term results of the concomitant Cox-Maze procedure in patients undergoing AVR for aortic valve disease.

Methods

We enrolled 101 patients who underwent AVR and had preoperative atrial fibrillation between January 1994 and December 2020. The early- and long-term clinical outcomes were compared between patients who underwent the concomitant Cox-Maze III procedures and those who did not undergo surgical ablation. Inverse probability of treatment weighting (IPTW) was used to adjust for differences in preoperative characteristics.

Results

Forty-seven pati

SUBMITTER: Kim CH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11833580 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature