• Lung Transplant
• Atrial Fibrillation
• Anatomy of Atrial Fibrillation
• Symptoms and Risk Factors of Atrial Fibrillation
• Patterns of Atrial Fibrillation
• Treatment Options for Atrial Fibrillation
• Medications
• Electrical Cardioversion
• Catheter Ablation
• Surgical Ablation Procedures
• Total Thoracoscopic Maze Procedure
• Autonomic Maze Procedure
• The Cox-Maze III Procedure

There are several different surgical procedures which can be used to treat atrial fibrillation; however, many of them involve an open-chest procedure.  In recent years, innovative new minimally invasive approaches to treat AF have been developing. 

• Total Thoracoscopic Maze Procedure
  
  
• Autonomic Maze procedure
  
  
• The Cox-Maze III procedure