NCT04859933

AV Node Isolation in Atrial Fibrillation vs. Modulation by "Pace and Ablate" Strategy

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: Heart and Diabetes Center North-Rhine Westfalia · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 100 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

AV-node ablation (AVNA) is a common therapy option for rate control strategy of permanent atrial fibrillation with numerous side effects. The investigators hypothesised that an isolation of the AV node is concomitant with less occurrence of new bundle brunch blocks, more frequent preservation and higher rate of escape rhythm compared to AVNA. This retrospective study includes 20 patients being treated with AV-node isolation (AVNI) and 40 historical AVNA-controls. Among others these two methods were compared regarding escape rhythm, delta QRS, procedure time, ablation points, fluoroscopy time and total dose area product (DAP).

Conditions

• Atrial Fibrillation
• AV Node Ablation
• Escape; Rhythm

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	AV-node isolation	Abaltion performed in the right atrium isolating the AV-node from the atrium
PROCEDURE	AV-node ablation	Right sided ablation of the AV-node

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-10-01
• Primary completion: 2022-02-28
• Completion: 2022-02-28
• First posted: 2021-04-26
• Last updated: 2022-08-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany