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Intracardiac Versus Transesophageal Echocardiography for Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Combined With Radiofrequency Ablation

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Ruiqin xie

Status

Completed

Conditions

Atrial Fibrillation

Treatments

Procedure: LAAC combined with radiofrequency ablation group

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT04391504
XieruiqindoctorLAA

Details and patient eligibility

About

A total of 60 patients with atrial fibrillation were scheduled to receive left atrial appendage occlusion combined with radiofrequency ablation, which were divided into two groups. The operation was performed under the guidance of intracardiac echocardiography and transesophageal echocardiography respectively (allocation ratio 1:1). During the operation, the total amount of contrast medium injected, the fluoroscopy time and the time from femoral vein puncture to transseptal puncture to closure were recorded in all patients. All patients underwent transesophageal echocardiography before and 3 months after operation, and the results were explained by two experienced ultrasound doctors to measure the presence of left atrial thrombus, residual shunt and device-related thrombus. All patients were examined by transthoracic echocardiography 3 months after operation to evaluate new pericardial effusion, pericardial tamponade, instrument embolization / displacement and so on. The baseline clinical and surgical features and hospitalization outcomes of patients guided by ICE and TEE were recorded and compared. Clinical endpoints include death, new pericardial effusion that does not require pericardiocentesis, tamponade with pericardiocentesis, instrument embolism / displacement, bleeding at the entry site, thromboembolic events (stroke / transient ischemic attack [TIA]), and renal failure requiring dialysis. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility, safety and effectiveness of intracardiac echocardiographic (ICE)-guided and transesophageal echocardiographic (TEE)-guided left atrial appendage occlusion combined with radiofrequency ablation. And try to analyze whether intracardiac echocardiography can be used as an alternative to transesophageal echocardiography in transcatheter closure of left atrial appendage. The average follow-up time was 1 year.

Enrollment

60 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 80 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

sustained AF attack occurred in patients with a duration of more than one year, patients taking class I and class III antiarrhythmic drugs could not prevent AF, patients younger than 80 years old Cha2ds2-vasc score ≥2, not suitable for long-term oral anticoagulant drugs.

Exclusion criteria

Patients with a history of atrial thrombosis or valvular heart disease (moderate or severe valve stenosis or severe valve regurgitation), patients undergoing prosthetic heart valve replacement, pregnant women, patients with previous liver and kidney diseases, malignant tumors or blood system diseases.

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

Double Blind

60 participants in 2 patient groups

transesophageal echocardiography guidance
Experimental group
Treatment:
Procedure: LAAC combined with radiofrequency ablation group
intracardiac echocardiography guidance
Experimental group
Treatment:
Procedure: LAAC combined with radiofrequency ablation group

Trial contacts and locations

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