166
Participants
Start Date
October 31, 2006
Primary Completion Date
December 31, 2009
Study Completion Date
October 31, 2011
Radiofrequency ablation
Special catheters are inserted into blood vessels in the groin, then advanced into the left atrium of the heart. Radiofrequency (heat) energy is applied to small areas of heart tissue where electrical impulses that generate AF are found.
University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
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