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Its been interesting and terrifying. I ended up having 2 leaking valves repaired, a hole in my heart fixed and an attempt to regulate my AFib by using the Maze procedure. The latter has unfortunately been unsuccessful and I still have AFib. My cardiologist has me on 200 mg/day Metoprolol in an...

Hello everyone, I'm scheduled for OHS on 24th March to repair my mitral valve and at the same time will be having the cryomaze procedure for AFib. Just wondering if anyone has had this procedure and how successful it's been? Thanks!

Well after my earlier rant thread I finally got the call from my now new BFF, my surgeon's secretary, scheduling my surgery for 24 March. On one hand I'm relieved, after 2 + months of hearing nothing, to finally getting a date. On the other hand, I'm anxious now that I finally have a date :eek2...

Hi everyone, I was diagnosed last October with "severe" mitral regurgitation and Afib following a visit to the emergency room. I saw the surgeon in December and he recommended a valve repair and would also deal with the Afib at the same time. He anticipated the surgery would be done sometime in...