Description Module
The Description Module contains narrative descriptions of the clinical trial, including a brief summary and detailed description. These descriptions provide important information about the study's purpose, methodology, and key details in language accessible to both researchers and the general public.
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Description Module
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2025-12-24 @ 7:06 PM
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2025-12-24 @ 7:06 PM
NCT ID:
NCT00196157
Brief Summary:
In this randomized study dealing with the ablative treatment of persistent atrial fibrillation, two ablation strategies are compared: a more anatomically guided linear ablation scheme versus an electrophysiological guided focal ablation strategy aiming at the electrical isolating of the pulmonary veins and ablating areas of fragmented intracardiac electrograms thought to maintain atrial fibrillation.
Detailed Description:
This randomized study deals with two different ablative treatment strategies for persistent atrial fibrillation: a more anatomically guided linear ablation scheme with encircling of the ipsilateral pulmonary veins (PV), a left atrial roof line and an anterior line bridging the anterior mitral anulus to the ostium of the left superior PV versus an electrophysiological guided focal ablation strategy aiming at isolating, electrically, the PV and ablating areas of fragmented intracardiac electrograms thought to maintain atrial fibrillation.
Both ablation approaches contain isolation of the most common source of triggering foci, i.e., the pulmonary veins and additional modification of the substrate maintaining atrial fibrillation.
The study endpoint is a combined efficacy/safety analysis. Extensive follow-up with three-monthly 7 days holter ECG is provided.
Study:
NCT00196157
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT00196157