Случай успешного хирургического лечения фибрилляции предсердий с помощью операции «Лабиринт III»: 18 лет спустя

Atrial fibrillation is one of the most common types of heart rhythm disturbances in humans. «Maze III» procedure is considered to be the most radical methods of surgical treatment for atrial fibrillation. It is performed according to the «incision-suture» technique using median sternotomy and cardiopulmonary bypass. This procedure is less frequently used in clinical practice because of its technical complexity, but the evaluation of longterm results is necessary to answer the question of expediency for using the new methods of surgical treatment for atrial fibrillation which were developed in view of essential principles of classical surgery. The clinical case of successful surgical treatment for atrial fibrillation with 18-years of follow-up is presented in the article.