Your Heart, Atrial Fibrillation, And The Maze Procedure Your heart works continuously to make sure blood is oxygenated and circulated to the organs and tissues throughout your body. To do this, the four chambers (atria and ventricles) contract in a uniform manner consistent with your heartbeat. As each chamber contracts, the blood within moves outward [...]

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A Step-By-Step Tour Through The Mini-Maze Procedure Atrial fibrillation(also called AF or AFib) is a condition in which the upper chambers of your heart (i.e. atria) fibrillate. It afflicts over 2 million people in the U.S. and places them at risk of blood clots and stroke. There are different categories of AFib that are defined [...]

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