Persistent Atrial Fibrillation Cryoballoon Ablation
Status unconfirmed
Conditions studied: Persistent Atrial Fibrillation
In brief
Patients with persistent irregular heartbeats also called persistent atrial fibrillation usually have a lower probability of curing their arrhythmia with ablation with heat called radiofrequency then those with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, as previous studies have shown. The emerging ablation with freeze(cryoablation) has not been studied for persistent atrial fibrillation but has been proven to be efficient in the paroxysmal type. We hypothesized that persistent atrial fibrillation will have a freedom of recurrence rate of 70% after use of cryoablation at one year of follow up.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02166723
- Run by
- Staten Island University Hospital
- People needed
- 62
- Starts
- 2013-01-01
- Expected to finish
- 2015-04-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2014-06-18
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- All patients included in the registry and who have symptomatic persistent atrial fibrillation presenting to the institution who favor ablation as first line therapy instead of antiarrhythmics
- All patients with symptomatic persistent atrial fibrillation who have failed antiarrhythmic therapy.
You may not qualify if…
- Patients refusing follow up by event monitor.
- Pregnant women.
Where it is running
- Staten Island University Hospital — New York, New York, United States
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