View clinical trials related to Atrial Fibrillation.
Filter by:Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia seen in clinical practice and is associated with an increased risk of stroke, heart failure and death. Oral anticoagulation (OAC) is the only treatment so far being able to reduce mortality in AF patients, despite new antiarrhythmic drugs and ablation techniques. Postoperative AF affects one-third of patients undergoing aortocoronary bypass surgery (CABG). Postoperative AF is associated with an increased 30-day mortality compared to patients who are in sinus rhythm during the hospital stay. . The risk of future AF is increased in patients with postoperative AF, and one-fourth of patients with an episode of postoperative AF develop later AF. At six years follow-up, 9.1% of patients with postoperative AF have had a lethal or non-lethal episode of ischemic stroke, compared to 3.0% of patients in SR (p=.002). Atrial fibrillation is a common complication of myocardial infarction, with an incidence of new-onset AF between 5-20%. New-onset AF occurs postoperatively in 5-6% of patients undergoing acute percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), and is marker of adverse outcomes. However, studies of heart rhythm beyond the post procedural period following PCI are lacking. About one third of all AF is asymptomatic, silent and often paroxysmal. The risk of stroke seems to be the same for silent AF as for those with symptomatic AF. In trials comparing PCI and CABG, there is a consistent difference in stroke rate. Several studies have shown an increased risk of late cardiovascular death and ischemic stroke in postoperative AF patients, and the difference in stroke rate between PCI and CABG may be explained by unprotected episodes of AF after discharge. The investigators therefore hypothesize that patients undergoing CABG have an increased risk of silent AF postoperatively compared to patients undergoing PCI and that this difference may explain some of the differences in stroke rate between PCI and CABG patients.
By evaluating routine clinical practice data from the UK primary care database, researchers in this study want to gather information on the kidney function of patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF, irregularly heart beats which is not caused by a heart valve problem) who are treated with Rivaroxaban (non-vitamin K antagonist, brand name Xarelto) or vitamin K antagonists (VKAs). The study planned to enroll about 25,000 male or female patients who were at least 18 years old and were new users of Rivaroxaban or VKAs between 01 January 2014 and 30 September 2019. Researchers are especially interested in whether patients experienced under treatment any worsening in kidney function, the onset of acute kidney diseases or injuries. In addition, risk of worsening in kidney function in patients with or without diabetes or heart failures are of interest to the researchers.
The study aims to identify specific or potential reasons that prolong the length of hospital stay after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy. The hypothesis is that patients who are still in hospital after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy are associated with prolonged air leak, infection, pneumonia, atrial fibrillation or other complications or social factors.
There is still unresolved question weather preprocedural imaging of left atrium and pulmonary veins is needed before the pulmonary vein isolation procedure for the treatment of atrial fibrillation. The investigators are conducting a randomized study to determine if 3D rotational angiography (as a mode of preprocedural imaging) performed before the cryoballoon ablation, facilitates the procedure and has positive impact on procedure characteristics and outcomes.
Prospective, multi-center, non-randomized, open label, double arm study to assess the performance of the KODEX-EPD PV occlusion viewer. This study includes patients with atrial fibrillation who are scheduled to undergo a cryo balloon ablation procedure for their atrial fibrillation.
An increased risk of atrial fibrillation (AF) after patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure was observed in randomized trials but systematic screening of AF was not performed in these studies. Purpose: The objective of this study was to evaluate incidence of AF in patients who underwent percutaneous PFO closure with serial 24-hours ambulatory ECG (AECG) monitoring during 6 months follow-up. Primary endpoint was incidence of AF on ECG monitoring. Secondary endpoints were clinical outcomes (symptoms, hospitalization from cardiovascular causes, ischemic stroke, or bleeding) up to 6 month follow-up.
Activated clotting times (ACTs) are routinely measured throughout atrial fibrillation ablations to monitor anticoagulation prior to and after heparin administration. Routinely, ACTs are obtained from an arterial line established prior to heparin administration. With technological advances, the cardiac intervention team is interested in eliminating the need for arterial lines for noninvasive monitoring devices; eliminating arterial lines could decrease the risk of bleeding, infection, and pain. Since procedural access requires femoral vein catheterization, obtaining ACTs through the venous sheath would not pose additional risks to the patient. In this study it proposed to draw paired arterial and venous ACT samples in ablation procedures to compare the agreement between venous and arterial ACTs for adequate patient treatment planning.
A single center prospective case-control study to evaluate ability of a wearable to differentiate between atrial fibrillation (AF) and sinus rhythm (SR).
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a condition detected as an irregular heartbeat. It is the most common rhythm disturbance worldwide which can lead to significant symptoms and serious health problems (stroke and heart failure). The longer a person has AF, the more difficult it is to restore a normal heart rhythm. Those with continuous AF for longer than a year are described as having longstanding persistent AF (LSPAF). This is the most challenging type of AF to treat and medications are often not effective. Apart from medications patients with LSPAF may be offered a medical procedure to help improve their symptoms. It involves putting a flexible thin tube (catheter) into a blood vessel in the groin and up into the heart to destroy the tissue causing irregular heart beat. This procedure has modest success in improving symptoms in the long term. Recently, keyhole surgery has been used for these patients and evidence shows that it is better than the catheter procedure. However, we do not know how well people are doing beyond one year. Feedback from a patient focus group suggested that knowing the long-term results of these two procedures is important to help them make an informed choice when it comes to treatment. In this study we propose to continue monitoring patients from a randomised clinical trial (CASA AF RCT) who have already had one of the procedures. They have a small heartbeat monitor implanted under the skin with a battery life of around 3 years. We will be able to look at their heart rhythm data for the duration of this period and detect the return of the fibrillation if it happens.
This is a double blinded randomised placebo-controlled trial comparing the effects of catheter ablation (Cryoablation) versus a placebo procedure on atrial fibrillation burden, symptoms and quality of life