TY - GEN AU - Osama Abdalla Hassan AU - Hesham Abd El moneim Elaasar , AU - Magued Abd El messih Zikri , AU - Mostafa Mohamed Radwan , TI - Surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation - the maze procedure / PY - 2006/// CY - Cairo : PB - Osama Abdalla Hassan , KW - Maze procedure KW - sinus rhythm KW - valvular surgery N1 - Thesis (PH.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty Of Medicine - Department Of Cardiothoracic Surgery; Issued also as CD N2 - The efficacy of Cox - maze III procedure was reported in eliminating AF in patients with preoperative chronic AF undergoing valvular surgery Since adding the maze procedure to valvular surgery complicates the operation , there is a concern that the combination will result in increased early mortality and morbidity ER -