NCT00116987 - Dual Chamber Versus Single Chamber Cardiac Pacing in People 80 Years of Age and Older | Biotech Hunter

Enrollment

800

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

August 31, 2003

Primary Completion Date

September 30, 2008

Study Completion Date

November 30, 2009

Conditions

Atrial FibrillationCardiac Pacing, Artificial

Interventions

DEVICE

Dual chamber cardiac pacemaker

Physiologic pacemakers usually have two leads - one positioned in the right atrium (upper heart chamber) and one positioned in the right ventricle.

DEVICE

Single chamber cardiac pacemaker

Ventricular pacemakers have a single lead (wire) positioned in the right ventricle (lower pumping chamber) to sense and pace the ventricle.

Trial Locations (1)

University of Calgary, Calgary