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Cerebral Embolization During Pulmonary Vein Isolation
Sponsor: Charite University, Berlin, Germany
Summary
The goal of the TCD-CA study is to determine the frequency of cerebral embolization during pulmonary vein isolation using continuous transcranial Doppler examination. Different parts of the procedure, different ablation techniques and periprocedural anticoagulation regimes will be compared.
Official title: Cerebral Embolization During Pulmonary Vein Isolation: an Observational Study
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
20
Start Date
2021-12-01
Completion Date
2025-12
Last Updated
2024-08-20
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
QMODE intervention
Patients undergoing different forms of pulmonary vein isolation are being monitored for microembolic signals (MES) by transcranial ultrasound. For standard ablation, a Thermocool Smarttouch SF (Biosense Webster) catheter will be used (50 W, target ablation index of 550).
QMODE+ intervention
Patients undergoing different forms of pulmonary vein isolation are being monitored for microembolic signals (MES) by transcranial ultrasound. For comparison, catheter ablation performed using very high power with a maximum of up tp 90 W (QMODE +) will be used.
Locations (1)
Charité-University Medicine Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin
Berlin, Germany