The purpose of this study is to compare the safety and effectiveness of cryoablation and radiofrequency ablation in the treatment of the commonest kind of supraventricular tachycardia, namely atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia. The study hypothesis is that cryoablation is non-inferior to radiofrequency.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
520
cryoablation with an 8mm-tip catheter
radiofrequency ablation with a 4mm-tip catheter
Princess Margaret Hospital
Hong Kong, Guangdong, China
RECRUITINGtreatment success rate, defined as proportion of treated patients with both atrioventricular block-free acute procedural success and mid-term success without recurrence at 6 months
Time frame: 6 months after treatment
Treatment success rate at 12 months
Time frame: 12 months after treatment
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