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Filter by:Catheter ablation has proven to be an effective treatment option in patients suffering from symptomatic persistent atrial fibrillation (AF). Catheter ablation consists of two major steps: (1) Isolation of pulmonary veins to abolish the trigger of atrial fibrillation and (2) modification of left atrial and eventually right atrial substrate by ablation of complex fractionated atrial electrograms (CFAE). CFAE are mainly found at the ostia of the pulmonary veins, around the left atrial appendage, at the mitral annulus and the septum. When ablating CFAE 40-65% of the patients show a regularization of AF to an atrial tachycardia (AT) that can be macro- or micro-reentrant (localized re-entry). Until now the significance of the AT is unclear. In the following study we examine the hypothesis that an ablation of AT occuring during CFAE ablation (group 1) significantly improves outcome defined as freedom of atrial arrhythmia (AF or AT) compared to patients that are cardioverted when AF has regularized to AT (group 2).
The purpose of this research is to see if investigators can detect truncated mRNA splice variants of the cardiac voltage-gated sodium (Na+) channel gene, SCN5A, in patients with a weak heart (Heart Failure) with or without an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) and compare them to patients with a normal heart. Hypothesis: 1. Patients with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction have increased abundances truncated mRNA splice variants of the SCN5A gene, which portends to sodium channel dysfunction and an increased risk for sudden cardiac death. 2. Patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillator devices (ICDs) who have experienced shock therapy have increased abundances of truncated mRNA splice variants of the SCN5A gene compared to similar congestive heart failure patients who have not experienced shock therapy.
The purpose of this clinical study is to collect safety and performance data to support a demonstration of substantial equivalence of the Catheter Robotics Remote Catheter System to predicate devices when used to perform EP mapping of the right heart (atrium and ventricle).
It is our hypotheses that 1) readily available Emergency Department data can be utilized in an Atrial Fibrillation clinical prediction rule to identify those patients at low or high risk for adverse outcomes; 2) Assigned risk can be utilized to drive physician decision-making by identifying patients who do not require hospital admission (low risk) and patients needing hospitalization (high risk); and 3) a facile version of the AFPR will be easily incorporated into standard Emergency Department patient management systems and assist physicians with risk stratification of patients presenting with Atrial Fibrillation.
The investigators propose a third hypothesis based on the anatomic observations made in pathological studies. The investigators hypothesize that the anatomic architecture determines the functional properties of the TV-IVC isthmus. As a result, • Muscular bundles are preferential routes of conduction through the TV-IVC isthmus. The isthmus acts like a series of discreet conduction routes rather than as a sheet of tissue. The muscular bundles form selective targets for ablation and therefore the entire anatomic line need not be ablated. This has direct implications for ablation of the isthmus.
This study investigates if the early detection and treatment of supraventricular arrhythmia (SVA) may help to prevent the progression of the arrhythmia and improve the clinical outcome. The primary endpoint investigates the delay to implement treatment in two groups of patients : - Active group: Patients followed by telecardiology. - Control group: Patients followed in the conventional manner. It is assumed that the delay to implement treatment will be higher in the Control group.
The purpose of this study is to demonstrate that ablation with the Therapy™ Cool Path™ Duo cardiac ablation system can eliminate typical atrial flutter and that its use does not result in an unacceptable risk of serious adverse events (SAE's).
Atrial Fibrillation (AF) is a common postoperative complication of cardiac surgery, occuring in approximately 25-30% of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) patients and 35-40% of heart valve repair/replacement patients. Efforts to decrease the high rates of AF have not made great inroads to the problem. The current standard of care is the use of preoperative and postoperative beta blockers. We propose to compare the use of prophylactic oral ascorbic acid with and without prophylactic oral amiodarone, in combination with oral beta blockers, for the prevention of atrial fibrillation after open heart surgery. The hypothesis is that either drug, or a combination of the two drugs, will be superior and safe when compared to beta blockers alone.
The aim of this study is to identify the one electrode position out of two most commonly used for external electrical cardioversion of typical atrial flutter, which needs less delivered energy and less needed number of shocks for successful cardioversion.
Atrial fibrillation is the most common cardiac cause of ischemic stroke. Detecting atrial fibrillation after a stroke or TIA is critical because highly effective secondary stroke prevention therapy is available for individuals who are recognized to have atrial fibrillation. However, atrial fibrillation is likely under-diagnosed after stroke and TIA because atrial fibrillation is often difficult to detect as it is frequently paroxysmal and asymptomatic, and patients do not routinely undergo prolonged screening. The purpose of this study is to determine the diagnostic yield of a novel 30-day cardiac event monitor compared to a repeat 24-hour Holter monitor for detecting occult paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in patients with a recent ischemic stroke or TIA of undetermined etiology after completion of a standard clinical stroke work-up (including an initial negative Holter monitor.)