Second Study to Assess Different Ablation Strategies in Achieving Long-Term Arrhythmia Control in Patients With Persistent or Long Standing Persistent Atrial Fibrillation
Stopped early · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Atrial Fibrillation
In brief
Pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) combined with empiric ablation of either common sites of non-PV triggers of Atrial Fibrillation (AF) and locations that may sustain stable AF sources should be more efficacious than PVI combined with ablation of only documented non-PV triggers of AF in achieving long-term arrhythmia control in patients with persistent or long standing persistent AF.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02019238
- Run by
- University of Pennsylvania
- People needed
- 56
- Starts
- 2013-08-01
- Expected to finish
- 2015-01-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2016-08-22
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- All patients of age ≥ 18 years, undergoing their first ablation procedure that meet American College of Cardiology / American Heart Association defined criteria for persistent or long standing persistent AF will be eligible to participate in the proposed study. This includes patients with a history of AF episodes lasting at least 7 days and requiring at least 2 cardioversions.
You may not qualify if…
- Patients with paroxysmal AF (self-terminating episodes lasting < 7 day)
- Patients who have had a previous AF ablation procedure
- Failure to obtain informed consent
- Patients < 18 years of age. Investigators will plan to exclude paroxysmal AF patients and concentrate on patients with persistent or long standing persistent AF who may require further ablation to achieve better outcomes. Patients who have undergone previous AF ablation procedure will be excluded since the prior methodology used may confound the results of this study.
Where it is running
- University of Pennsylvania — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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