Radiofrequency Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation Under Totally Thoracoscope
- Conditions
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Interventions
- Procedure: epicardial radiofrequency ablation
- Registration Number
- NCT00844584
- Lead Sponsor
- Xijing Hospital
- Brief Summary
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common supraventricular arrhythmia, the incidence of which increases with age. The aim of treatment of atrial fibrillation is to restore sinus rhythm and return the heart to atrioventricular synchrony, avoiding the risk of thromboembolism. The fact that pharmacological therapy of AF is at best 50% effective has led to a search for surgical approaches over the last 20 years.
Maze procedure was a classic method to treat AF. However, it is such a complex procedure that very few surgeons have adopted it. A few minimally invasive procedures to create transmural lesions which mimic MAZE procedure have been introduced. One of the mostly favored methods is catheter-based radiofrequency ablation, another one is video assisted epicardial radiofrequency ablation through small thoracic incisions in operating room.
Recently, we invented an epicardial radiofrequency ablation method under totally thoracoscope, which further minimized the surgery trauma and increased the cosmetic effect.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- UNKNOWN
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 20
- Any patients with atrial fibrillation
- Patients with hemostasis defects
- patients can not endure general anesthesia
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- SINGLE_GROUP
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description ablation epicardial radiofrequency ablation patients with atrial fibrillation underwent radiofrequency ablation with totally thoracoscope.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Electrocardiography 2 years
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Institute of Cardiovascular Surgery, Xijing Hospital
🇨🇳Xi'an, Shannxi, China