Mostafa Salem of Framingham had felt his heart flip-flopping in his chest from time to time. A business analyst then in his 60s, he chalked the uncomfortable, quivering sensation up to stress and ...

But the more Luetkemeyer read about the Mini-Maze, the more he wanted to try it. There was only one problem. No cardiac surgeon in Las Vegas, Resh told Luetkemeyer, was performing the procedure.

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Some individuals undergo a minimally invasive procedure, known as a mini-maze, where surgeons make smaller incisions to reduce the risk of complications. Recovery is generally much shorter and ...

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MiniMaze is an option to consider for patients who do not need open-heart surgery for additional heart-related procedures. The incision site is the only difference between the two procedures — we make ...

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The Mini Maze procedure does not require the opening of the entire chest cavity. Incisions are limited to three small incision sites, pictured at left.