Aim of the study is to compare the safety and efficacy of pulmonary vein isolation using the endoscopic ablation system in comparison to irrigated radiofrequency current ablation in patients with drug-refractory persistent atrial fibrillation.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
152
With the HeartLight(TM) Laser Balloon pulmonary vein isolation is done endoscopically guided
The irrigated radiofrequency current ablation is used for pulmonary vein isolation
Na Homolce Hospital
Prague, Czechia
Herz- und Gefäß-Klinik GmbH Bad Neustadt
Bad Neustadt an der Saale, Bavaria, Germany
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Cardioangiologisches Centrum Bethanien
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Documented recurrence of atrial fibrillation or any atrial tachyarrhythmia >30 seconds
Time frame: between day 90 and 365 days after index procedure
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Städtisches Klinikum Karlsruhe, Medizinische Klinik IV
Karlsruhe, Germany
Hospital Universitari i Politecnic La Fe
Valencia, Spain