Registry of patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing catheter-based ablation of atrial fibrillation (pulmonary vein isolation) to determine long-term success rates of catheter-based ablation of atrial fibrillation (pulmonary vein isolation) and to evaluate factors associated with long-term success of catheter-based ablation of atrial fibrillation (pulmonary vein isolation).
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
3,000
catheter-based ablation of atrial fibrillation (pulmonary vein isolation)
Cardiology/Electrophysiology, University Hospital Basel
Basel, Switzerland
RECRUITINGUniversity Hospital Bern
Bern, Switzerland
RECRUITINGchanges in retention rate of normal sinus rhythm after catheter-based ablation of atrial fibrillation (pulmonary vein isolation)
changes in retention rate of normal sinus rhythm after catheter-based ablation of atrial fibrillation (pulmonary vein isolation)
Time frame: before catheter-based ablation of atrial fibrillation and 3, 6 and 12 months after catheter-based ablation of atrial fibrillation
morphologic changes of left cardiac atrium
echocardiography of left cardiac atrium
Time frame: before catheter-based ablation of atrial fibrillation (pulmonary vein isolation)
changes in retention rate of normal sinus rhythm after catheter-based ablation of atrial fibrillation (pulmonary vein isolation)
changes in retention rate of normal sinus rhythm after catheter-based ablation of atrial fibrillation (pulmonary vein isolation)
Time frame: 12 months after catheter-based ablation of atrial fibrillation and then at intervals of one year until 2035
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