SURGICAL CURE OF ATRIAL-FLUTTER

Atrial flutter and atrial fibrillation are associated with palpitation s, impaired haemodynamics and a risk of thrombo-embolism, all of which ran be corrected by a new surgical procedure, Cox's maze procedure wa s used to correct surgically a symptomatic paroxysmal atrial flutter i n a 31-year-old woman who required closure of a secundum atrial septal defect, Six months postoperatively, she remains asymptomatic in norma l sinus rhythm on no medication.