Heart rhythm surgery clinics and specialist centres · Decision guide
3 clinics and specialist centres with linked profiles, clinical focus and attributable evidence.
Heart rhythm surgery clinics and specialist centres differ in the anatomy they treat, techniques they offer and evidence they publish. Rhythm surgery and stroke-prevention procedures have different purposes. Maze or surgical ablation targets abnormal electrical pathways; left-atrial-appendage closure targets a source of blood clots.
Cleveland Clinic, UChicago Medicine, WashU Medicine / Barnes-Jewish Hospital.
Sources: Surgical management of left ventricular outflow tract obstruction in a specialized hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy center · Husam H. Balkhy, MD · Ali J. Khiabani, MD, MHA — physician profile
LAAOS III found benefit in patients with AF and elevated stroke risk already having cardiac surgery, on top of usual care including anticoagulation.
Sources: LAAOS III trial · ACC
Rate support or protection against dangerous rhythms is distinct from ablation or appendage closure.
Sources: Conditions treated by heart surgery
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United States · Cleveland, Ohio
Heart rhythm surgery clinical focus
Cleveland’s Gillinov-led surgical AF service connects rhythm treatment with mitral-repair expertise when AF and valve leakage coexist.
What this means for your choiceThe linked specialist profiles distinguish clinical practice, published cohorts and treatment methods.
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United States · Chicago
Heart rhythm surgery clinical focus
UChicago’s robotic cardiac service includes atrial-fibrillation surgery with Balkhy’s team.
What this means for your choiceThe linked specialist profiles distinguish clinical practice, published cohorts and treatment methods.
Clinic, specialists and research →Sources: Husam H. Balkhy, MD
United States · St. Louis, Missouri
Heart rhythm surgery clinical focus
WashU’s current Khiabani profile documents minimally invasive AF surgery alongside valve surgery.
What this means for your choiceThe linked specialist profiles distinguish clinical practice, published cohorts and treatment methods.
Clinic, specialists and research →Sources: Ali J. Khiabani, MD, MHA — physician profile · The long-term outcomes and durability of the Cox-Maze IV procedure for atrial fibrillation.
Compare the treatment each team would propose for the same scan, anatomy and recovery goals.
Sources: STS: AF during cardiac surgery · LAAOS III trial · ACC
Sources: LAAOS III trial · ACC
This list contains 3 clinics and specialist centres with a documented heart rhythm surgery focus in our source-linked directory. It is an editorial shortlist, not a census or an outcome ranking.
Institutional expertise and published study results are identified separately. An individual doctor may participate in several treatment pathways; a study of one procedure does not establish outcomes for another.
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