Active clinical trials for "Atrial Fibrillation"

The PROPhecy study aims to detect the presence of atrial fibrillation/flutter in patients who have suffered an embolic stroke of undetermined source (ESUS) using 30 day cardiac monitoring. We hypothesize that the presence of any of the following features on long-term heart rhythm monitoring (holter monitoring) or heart ultrasound (transthoracic echocardiogram), either individually or in combination, will have additional predictive value for the detection of atrial fibrillation lasting 30 seconds or longer on 30 day holter monitoring: greater than 100 premature atrial beats in 24 hours greater than 2 runs of atrial tachycardia (4 or more non-sinus beats) in 24 hours Left atrial enlargement on transthoracic echocardiogram

The aim of the submodule study is to assess whether a high BMI may influence the sensing performance and the sECG quality of the BIOMONITOR.

Retrospective data collection on re-ablations performed within the FIRE AND ICE Trial.

This is a prospective, non-randomized study to refine the Study Watch's algorithm for AF detection within both persistent and paroxysmal AF subjects. The study will also collect data from an FDA-cleared wearable ECG sensor.

The main objective of this project is to evaluate savings in direct costs as regards the use of rivaroxaban versus vitamin K antagonists (VKAs) in routine clinical practice using data from three cohorts of patients receiving VKAs or rivaroxaban in Spain, including the time in therapeutic range (TTR) values of the same and the incidence of events in the first year following diagnosis.

The AFRICAT study is a prospective, multicenter, population-based study, which aims to create and apply a sequential screening program for atrial fibrillation (AF) in a high-risk population by integrating clinical, electrocardiographic and biological information. The study will be divided into three different phases of generation, validation and application of a screening program. In Phase I, from 8,000 individuals aged 65-75 with hypertension and diabetes identified from primary center registries, 100 will be randomly selected . In these patients, the investigators will complete clinical assessment, testing of different pulse-handheld ECG devices (MyDiagnostik, AliveCor and WatchBP) for AF screening, discovery of blood biomarkers for AF (by aptamer technology and RNA expression), and validation of biological candidates from the literature and previous results. All patients will receive Holter monitoring with a wearable device (NuuboTM). In parallel, a predictive risk model for AF will be developed from historical records from the areas in which the study will be carried out. This Phase I will be followed by a Phase II-validation phase of 400 patients, selected by the predictive model previously mentioned, belonging to the top risk quartile. In these patients, the best biomarkers and devices from phase I will be validated, and patients will be again monitored with the wearable Holter device. With the results from this validation analysis, a screening program (Phase III) based in the combination of clinical predictors, devices to detect AF (handheld-ECG or pulse wave detectors), blood biomarkers determination and long-term monitoring with wearable Holter. This program will be applied over the whole population targeted by the AFRICAT study, which corresponds to 8,000 patients from 65 to 75 years old, whit hypertension and diabetes mellitus as comorbidities.

This is a sigle-center, prospective study to evaluate the role of D-Dimer testing in patients with atrial fibrillation receiving Dabigatran or warfarin anticoagulation therapy.

Heart rate variability (HRV) in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) is hardly studied. Though a reduced HRV in patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) has been associated with poor prognosis. Data on HRV in AF-patients without a reduced ejection fraction is lacking. We hypothesize that those patients with persistent atrial fibrillation and larger beat-to-beat variability would be more symptomatic than does those with smaller HRV. To asses this theory we intend to perform a prospective observational trial. Symptoms of Atrial fibrillation will be assessed using Quality of Life questionnaires and 6 minutes walking test. Heart rate variability will be assessed using 24 hour Holter ECG monitoring. The correlation between symptoms and heart rate variability will be then assessed.

The study aims to assess the right and left atrial electrophysiological substrate in atrial fibrillation patients using the invasive electroanatomic map (basal and with extraestimulus) as well as its correlation with cardiac magnetic resonance and electrocardiographic imaging. The results will also be compared when the patient is in sinus rhythm and atrial fibrillation.

Lifelong oral anticoagulant (OAC) therapy is the preferred treatment for the prevention of thromboembolic events in the majority of patients with Atrial Fibrillation (AF). Adherence to medication is essential for valid treatment for OAC therapy. The study aims to explore whether the advanced educational intervention would improve the adherence to dabigatran.