Active clinical trials for "Atrial Fibrillation"

The purpose of this study is to accurately investigate the efficacy of dronedarone in maintaining sinus rhythm and decreasing AFB in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation as compared with placebo. This has never previously been performed using pacemaker Holter monitoring which provides detailed information of atrial arrhythmia patterns the entire study period. Additionally detailed patient symptom self assessment and questionnaires will be collected. The study design will be double blinded crossover with each phase lasting 3 months.

The purpose of this study is to determine whether catheter ablation is more effective than antiarrhythmic drugs in the early stages of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. In all the patients a subcutaneous loop recorder will be implanted.

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.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of a hospital quality improvement (QI) program on the use of guideline-recommended oral anticoagulants (OAC) in hospitalized patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) at risk for ischemic stroke. Specifically, the study will determine whether the intervention, compared to Usual Care, will result in a greater increase in the proportion of patients with AF at risk for ischemic stroke who are appropriately treated with OAC.

Hybrid ablation, as an emerging strategy for atrial fibrillation (AF) in recent years, shows encouraging outcomes in many medical centers. A lot of cases demonstrated hybrid ablation has higher success rate than surgical ablation on patients with persistent AF, especially long-standing persistent AF (LSPAF). But it is still lack of high level evidence to prove it. This study focus on patients with long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation (LSPAF). In order to compare the efficacy and safety of hybrid ablation (two-stage) versus thoracoscopic surgical ablation, a randomized, controlled clinical trial will be performed in the population of LSPAF patients.

The purpose of this randomized clinical trial is to compare the efficacy and safety of wide area circumferential ablation using contact force catheter with cryoballoon ablation for the treatment of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation.

Atrial fibrillation in the elderly is a complex condition due to the high number of frequently associated comorbidities such kidney disease. Direct oral anticoagulants (dabigatran, rivaroxaban and apixaban) are indicated for preventing thromboembolic events but renal function should be closely monitored for this age group when these drugs are used. Dosing recommendations for prevention of stroke are based on renal clearance of creatinine (ClCr) estimated using the Cockcroft-Gault formula. It is well known that ClCr estimates predict a steeper decline with advancing age than Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) estimates. This raises the possibility that substitution of commonly reported GFR for estimated CrCl could result in different plasmatic concentrations of oral direct anticoagulants. The aim of this study was to compare estimates of ClCr and GFR and determine the impact on the plasmatic concentration of these drugs in elderly patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation.

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most serious atrial electrical activity disorders, is also one of the common tachyarrhythmias.Circumferential pulmonary Vein Isolation (CPVI) is considered to be the cornerstone of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation ablation, but recently reported in the literature that pure CPVI treatment for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation the 5-year success rate as low as 46.6%, and the incidence of atrial reentry tachycardia is also high in the follow-up period. Therefore it is necessary for us to explore whether the success rate of CPVI combined with Leftatrium Roofline Ablation (CPVI + LARA) for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation is higher than the pure CPVI.

This study was designed in order to evaluate and compare the efficacy and safety between aspirin and clopidogrel in the patient with low stroke risk Atrial Fibrillation (AF).

Linear ablation is frequently used in the procedure for persistent atrial fibrillation. However, it has a limitation because of technical difficulty. Incomplete block is common and an important cause of atrial tachycardia. The association between contact force values and successful linear block has not been revealed yet. We aim to the effectiveness and safety of linear ablation by using CF sensing catheter.