{}An estimated 2.7 million Americans live with atrial fibrillation, an irregular heartbeat that can lead to life threatening complications. When medicine doesn't work, their condition can seem ...

There's a new surgery to correct irregular heart rhythms and it's less invasive than open heart surgery. It also appears to have a higher success rate. It's called "mini-maze" surgery. Here's how it ...

The field of atrial fibrillation is evolving rapidly. Although a medical rhythm control strategy has not proven to be beneficial for survival, new interventional therapies have improved the rate of ...

Maze surgery, or surgical ablation, is a procedure commonly recommended to treat an irregular heartbeat (atrial fibrillation) when other methods such as medication, cardioversion therapy (electric ...

A doctor may recommend surgery for arrhythmia when medications and lifestyle changes haven’t been effective. The different types of arrhythmia surgeries each aim to restore a regular heart rhythm.