Was the MAZE a bad thing? I read a little about it but since it isn’t done any more I didn’t really get into it. Now they scar around the pulmonary arteries because apparently the stray electrical signals come from them.
With the MAZE they have to cut your chest open, either a complete throacotomy or a couple of small holes. With an ablation, just a small hole in the groin and most likely only 1 day in the hospital.
I talked to a surgeon recently and he said there’s controversy about whether MAZE works. I wouldn’t even think about it unless you’re getting your chest opened for something else.
My dad had the ablation therapy, but it didn’t work quite right. He needed a valve replaced and a quadruple bypass graft, so while they were in there they did the MAZE as well. He took a while to recover, but he’s gotten the complete overhaul, good for another 50 thousand miles, I hope.