I am being scheduled for a Cryo-maze procedure of both atriums. I have 2 St. Jude valves and have had heart flutter off and on for 3 years. I ll need to be on the heart lung machine and in 2003 I had memory loss after. Can you tell me statistics on how long I might be free from flutter after this procedure. If it is less than 5 years. I m considering SN node clipping. I already have a pacemaker put in last year. Thanks, Steve
If it works it is effective at once. But in addition to your previous ht surgeries, I would recommend catheter ablation and may be total av node ablation because u already have pacemaker. If 2 or 3 path ablations don't work u may finally do invasive surgery.