Hi to all of you!  

I am a new follower of the Medical Tourism City, and i am impressed with all of you grls and guys in here, being so helpful to each other!  Now i hope that you may be able to help me out, finding hospitals that can do Atrial Fibrilation procedures for Scandinavian patients.  Atrial Fibrillation is a growing problem in Norway (and Denmark).  In public hospitals in Norway there are now 2-3 years of waiting list for any
surgical treatment of AF.  In Norway alone, it is expected that the number
of patients with this problem will increase by 6-800 every year, while capacity
is said to increase with  280 patients yearly, a number that simply do not
add up..  

As of now, the government are sending the  worst patients to Denmark for surgery in a private heart hospital, an operation that cost DKR 155 000 (in the region of EUR 21.000)

I think that there is a window for my company here,and to give you an idea of the presentation the Danes are doing on their website here is
what they say:

“Atrial fibrillation is the commonest kind of heart abnormality. Around 50,000 Danes suffer from episodic or constant (chronic) atrial fibrillation. A number of
patients cannot be satisfactorily treated with medicine, either because it is
not sufficiently effective or because it has unacceptable side effects.

Atrial fibrillation is usually caused by an extra beat (extrasystole) from the atria of the heart. These extra beats usually originate close to the pulmonary veins
that bring the fresh, oxidised blood from the lungs back to the heart.
Figuratively speaking, pulmonary vein ablation for atrial fibrillation involves
electrically isolating the areas in the left atrium around the entrance of the
pulmonary veins from the rest of the heart. This is achieved by applying
“circles” of heat round the areas where the pulmonary veins enter the left
atrium. This heat treatment has no effect on the ability of the blood to flow
back to the heart from the lungs.

With current technology, roughly 20% of patients have to undergo 2 operations in order to obtain optimal results. Approx. 80% of patients suffering from
episodic atrial fibrillation can expect to be free from attacks after
treatment, and a further proportion will have significantly fewer attacks. In
cases of chronic atrial fibrillation the outcome of treatment is approximately
10% less successful.

Price: Heartoperation for atrial fibrillation with MAZE technique: 155.000 Dkr

Anyone who knows international hospitals that can do this procedure??  I have checked with DRK Kliniken, but they do not offer this procedure at present - but who does?

Thank you so much for your attention!

All the best from Norway and

Torkel Oftedal