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The investigators prospectively investigate the differences between contact-force guided pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) and conventional pulmonary vein isolation in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF) with respect to adenosine guided unmasking of dormant conduction, procedural and clinical outcome.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Conventional Pulmonary vein isolation | Other | Conventional pulmonary vein isolation was gained by using an irrigated tip ablation catheter |
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| Contact force pulmonary vein isolation | Other | Contact force was meassured by using the SMART-Touch ablation catheter (Biosense-Webster®) |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Pulmonary vein isolation | Other |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Number of reconnected pulmonary vein after ablation and a waíting period of 20min | 20min after procedure |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Time to first documented recurrence of atrial fibrillation | 12 month | |
| Complications due to ablation | 30 days | |
| Number of reconnected pulmonary veins |
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Deutsches Herzzentrum München | Munich | 80636 | Germany |
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| 12 month |