Long-Standing Persistant Atrial Fibrillation-Pulmonary Vein Isolation With or Without Ablation

N/ACompletedNCT00820625

Asklepios proresearch124 enrolled

Overview

The chronic success rate, defined as freedom from any atrial tachyarrhythmias will increase from 35% to 60% by ablation of complex fragmented atrial electrograms potentials in addition to pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) as compared to PVI alone in patients with long-standing persistent AF.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

124

Conditions

Atrial Fibrillation Tachycardia

Interventions

pulmonary vein isolationPROCEDURE

common pulmonary vein isolation procedure

pulmonary vein isolation with additional ablation of fragmented potentialsPROCEDURE

common pulmonary vein isolation with additional but also common ablation of fragmented potentials

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 75 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * long standing persistent atrial fibrillation \> 6 months and \< 5 years Exclusion Criteria: * renal failure * left atrial size \>55 mm

Locations (1)

Asklepios Klinik St. Georg

Hamburg, Germany

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

data collection in view of acute and chronic success rate

Time frame: 12 months

Secondary Outcomes

data collection of complications in both groups and also procedure parameters

Time frame: 12 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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