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Timing of Direct Current Cardioversion (DCC) in Patients Undergoing Ablation of Persistent/Permanent Atrial Fibrillation

NCT02429648 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 90

Last updated 2017-02-10

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare which strategy is superior in patients with persistent/permanent atrial fibrillation (AF) undergoing ablation, direct current cardioversion (DCC) prior to empirical pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) ; or pulmonary vein isolation (PVI)ablation in atrial fibrillation then Direct current cardioversion (DCC) if the patient remains in atrial fibrillation.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

DCC first then PVI

DCC performed prior to PVI

PROCEDURE

PVI then DCC after

DCC performed after PVI, if patient remains in Atrial Fibrillation

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Cleveland Clinic

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Walid Saliba, MD · The Cleveland Clinic

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-06-30
Primary Completion
2013-07-31
Completion
2015-08-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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