Maze procedure (also known as the “Cox Maze procedure”) is a surgery that takes on atrial fibrillation (AFib), which is the clinical term for rapid and irregular heartbeat. While AFib itself isn’t ...

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.

A heart murmur, detected as an unusual sound during a heartbeat, can be an indicator of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), a genetic condition causing thickening of the heart muscle. A heart murmur is ...