NCT01630330

Contact Force Sensing Use in Atrial Fibrillation Ablation

The Role of Contact Force Sensing in Electrical Pulmonary Vein Isolation When Conducting Atrial Fibrillation Ablation

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

There are multiple important factors which need to be monitored when conducting ablation for atrial fibrillation. The contact between the catheter tip and the inside of the heart wall is now measurable and may improve the effectiveness of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation patients.

Detailed description

This study compares patients who have this procedure where this contact information is known (unblinded) versus those where the contact information is not known (blinded). The outcome is the rate of acute reconnection at 1 hour after achieving pulmonary vein isolation.

Conditions

• Atrial Fibrillation

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Ablation	Atrial Fibrillation Ablation with SmartTouch catheter
PROCEDURE	Ablation	Atrial Fibrillation Ablation with SmartTouch catheter

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-05-01
• Primary completion: 2013-12-01
• Completion: 2013-12-01
• First posted: 2012-06-28
• Last updated: 2012-06-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United Kingdom