Concomitant epicardial pulmonary vein isolation in patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing elective cardiac surgery
Completed
- Conditions
- atrial fibrillation10007521
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON36466
- Lead Sponsor
- Medisch Spectrum Twente
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 70
Inclusion Criteria
Patients >= 18 years of age
EHRA class <= 2
Documented history of paroxysmal, persistent, longstanding persistent or newly-diagnosed AF prior to admittance for cardiac surgery
Patients will have elective coronary surgery planned
Able of providing informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
Patients >=70 years of age
Pregnancy
Patients with contraindications for oral anticoagulant agents.
Patients undergoing emergency operation
Patients undergoing concomitant valve replacement
Severely enlarged LA (>50 mm) on echocardiography
Prior AF ablation or AF surgery
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>The percentage of patients without a recurrence of AF, without AADs, within a<br /><br>follow-up period of at least 12 months after a stabilisation period of 90 days<br /><br>after the initial procedure. An episode of AF is defined as an episode of at<br /><br>least 30 seconds duration.<br /><br><br /><br>The percentage of patients without post-operative atrial fibrillation during<br /><br>admission. An episode of AF is defined as an episode of at least 30 seconds<br /><br>duration.</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Secondary outcomes include comparison of cost and duration of hospitalization,<br /><br>post-procedural discomfort and experienced AF burden during follow-up.</p><br>