Arterial Stiffness and Atrial Fibrillation

Mayo Clinic

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Atrial Fibrillation

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: Carotid Ultrasound

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04160663

19-005443

Details and patient eligibility

About

Researchers are trying to determine whether arterial stiffness detected by ultrasound can predict outcomes in the development and recurrence of atrial fibrillation.

Enrollment: 15 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 95 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All patients with persistent AF, scheduled for electrical cardioversion

Exclusion criteria

• Unable to provide informed consent.
• Patients with intramural thrombus or other conditions that preclude the performance of electrical cardioversion.
• Patients with prior carotid stents.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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15 participants in 1 patient group

Subjects with atrial fibrillation

Experimental group

Description:

Subjects with atrial fibrillation that have been clinically scheduled for an electrical cardioversion procedure will have carotid ultrasound testing done before and after the procedure

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: Carotid Ultrasound