Title
Catheter ablation of arial fibrillation by linear pulmonary vein isolation
Summary
A randomized trial to investigate the significance of complete versus incomplete electrical isolation of pulmonary veins by radiofrequency-induced linear lesions in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation
Number of Patients
233
Coordinating Investigator
Prof. Karl-Heinz Kuck, Hamburg, Germany
Current Status
completed
Funding
German Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Publications
Kuck KH, Hoffmann BA, Ernst S, Wegscheider K, Treszl A, Metzner A, Eckardt L, Lewalter T, Breithardt G, Willems S; Gap-AF–AFNET 1 Investigators. Impact of complete versus incomplete circumferential lines around the pulmonary veins during catheter ablation of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: Results from the Gap-AF – AFNET 1 trial. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2016 Apr; 4: 514 - 522; 9:e003337. DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.115.003337 . (first published online 2016 Jan 13)
Sauer W, Callans D. The Tribulations of Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Trialists (Editorial). Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2016; 9:e003738. DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.115.003738
Registration