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MeSH Heading: Maze Procedure
Tree Number(s): E04.014.640; E04.100.376.602; E04.928.220.465
Unique ID: D000079042
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000079042
Scope Note: A surgical treatment in which heart tissue is scarred (cut-and-sew method), excised or otherwise destroyed in an open chest approach to direct electrical signals through a more controlled path via the ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE. It is often used to restore normal rhythms in ATRIAL FIBRILLATION.
Entry Term(s): Cox Maze III Procedure; Cox Maze III Surgery; Cox Maze IV Procedure; Cox-Maze Operation; Cox-Maze Procedure; Left-sided Maze Procedure; Maze Ablation; Maze III Procedure; Maze IV Procedure; Maze Surgery; Mini Maze Procedure
Previous Indexing: Cardiac Surgical Procedures (1993-2019)
Public MeSH Note: 2020
History Note: 2020
Date Established: 2020/01/01
Date of Entry: 2019/07/08
Revision Date: 2018/10/05

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects (AE)

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Concept UI: M000643837
Scope Note: A surgical treatment in which heart tissue is scarred (cut-and-sew method), excised or otherwise destroyed in an open chest approach to direct electrical signals through a more controlled path via the ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE. It is often used to restore normal rhythms in ATRIAL FIBRILLATION.
Terms: Maze Procedure Preferred Term
Term UI T000944938
Date07/17/2018
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2020); Cox-Maze Operation
Term UI T000946715
Date09/14/2018
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2020); Cox-Maze Procedure
Term UI T000944937
Date07/17/2018
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (2020); Maze Surgery
Term UI T000944939
Date07/17/2018
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2020); Maze Ablation
Term UI T000946714
Date09/14/2018
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2020)

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