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The Value of add-on Arrhythmia Surgery in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Undergoing Cardiac Surgery

NCT01019759 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 150

Last updated 2009-11-25

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The hypothesis being studied is that add-on arrhythmia surgery in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) undergoing valvular or coronary surgery improves quality of life, is cost-effective, reduces perioperative and long-term morbidity associated with AF.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

pulmonary vein isolation

The off-pump beating heart ablation procedure is performed. Using a Microwave (MW) energy ablation tool (Microwave generator by Guidant), epicardial ablation line isolating the pulmonary veins are applied during open heart surgery

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Maastricht University Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jos G Maessen,, MD, PhD · dept. Cardiothoracic Surgery, University hospital of Maastricht

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2002-09-30
Primary Completion
2006-11-30
Completion
2006-12-31

Countries

  • Netherlands

Study Locations

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