Endovascular Function in Atrial Fibrillation (AF) Patients (HEAF)

Capital Medical University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: PAT Result

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02062957

NF81300148

Details and patient eligibility

About

1. recruit 50 patients with atrial fibrillation and 30 controls
2. endovascular function assessment with Peripheral Arterial Tonometry (PAT)
3. follow up the occurence of AF

Enrollment: 80 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• ≥2 paroxysmal (electrocardiographic documentation of at least 1) AF episodes lasting ≥1 hour in duration: (that terminate spontaneously within 7 days or cardioversion is performed within 48h of AF onset): or
• electrocardiographic documentation of 1 persistent AF episode: (sustained for ≥7 days or cardioversion is performed more than 48h after AF onset): or
• electrocardiographic documentation of 1 longstanding persistent AF episode: (continuous AF of duration >1 year).

Exclusion criteria

• patients with cerebralvascular disease
• patients with coronary disease
• patients with peripheric artery disease