A RAndomized Trial to compare the acute reconnection after pulmonary vein ISolation with Laser-BalloON versus radiofrequency Ablation: RATISBONA trial.

Ekrem UecerYvette JaneczkoJoachim SeegersSabine FredersdorfSelina FriemelFlorian PoschenriederLars Siegfried MaierCarsten Gerald Jungbauer

Published in: Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology (2018)

The acute PV reconnection rate is significantly less after PVI with VGBL than with RF. The clinical significance of this apparently better procedural efficiency of the VGBL ablation should be assessed with new randomized studies looking at AF recurrence.

Keyphrases

radiofrequency ablation
liver failure
phase iii
respiratory failure
phase ii
drug induced
aortic dissection
open label
clinical trial
double blind
study protocol
atrial fibrillation
placebo controlled
hepatitis b virus
case control
high resolution