The Use of Beat-to-Beat Noninvasive 3D Mapping to Study Patients Candidates for Concomitant Surgical Ablation for Persistent and Long-standing Persistent Atrial Fibrillation
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Active, not recruiting
- Sponsor
- Medical University of Vienna
- Enrollment
- 51
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- The patients electrophysiological mapping results acquired with ECGI will be analyzed: Number and distribution of rotor and focal activities will be measured.
Overview
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to assess the electrophysiological mechanism of atrial fibrillation by means of a beat-to-beat noninvasive 3D mapping method in patients with concomitant persistent and long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation undergoing surgical ablation.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Observational Model
- Cohort
- Time Perspective
- Prospective
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to 90 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •legal age (18-90a)
- •life expectancy \> 2 years
- •patients suffering from persistent and long standing atrial fibrillation
- •scheduled for concomitant surgical ablation
- •possibility to follow-up
- •given informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
- •vulnerable patient groups
- •pregnancy
- •any previous surgical ablation
- •acute surgical indications
- •any physical condition that leads to a life expectancy of less than two years
- •any contraindication to the treatments necessary for the trial's conduction as e.g.
- •known allergic reaction to contrast agent
- •known allergic reaction to antiarrhythmic drugs
- •claustrophobia or anxiety in small spaces
- •severe renal impairment
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
The patients electrophysiological mapping results acquired with ECGI will be analyzed: Number and distribution of rotor and focal activities will be measured.
Time Frame: Prior to the planned procedure.
The primary objective of this study is to measure the patients electrophysiological mapping results acquired with ECGI, namely the number and distribution of focal and rotor activities.
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported
Investigators
Emilio Osorio, MD
Principal Investigator
Medical University of Vienna