# Line Versus Spot Ablation in Persistent Atrial Fibrillation

> **NCT00196157** · PHASE4 · UNKNOWN · sponsor: **Deutsches Herzzentrum Muenchen** · enrollment: 116 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Atrial Fibrillation

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** linear anatomically oriented ablations
- **PROCEDURE:** focal electrophysiological oriented ablations

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00196157
- **Lead sponsor:** Deutsches Herzzentrum Muenchen
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE4
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** UNKNOWN
- **Start date:** 2004-08
- **Primary completion:** 2008-05
- **Final completion:** 2008-11
- **Target enrollment:** 116 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2009-05-29


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00196157

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00196157, "Line Versus Spot Ablation in Persistent Atrial Fibrillation". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-09 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00196157. Licensed CC0.

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