# Trigger- vs. Substrate-Ablation for Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation

> **NCT00196183** · PHASE4 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Deutsches Herzzentrum Muenchen** · enrollment: 98 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Atrial Fibrillation

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** trigger-guided catheter-ablation
- **PROCEDURE:** trigger+substrate-guided catheter ablation

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00196183
- **Lead sponsor:** Deutsches Herzzentrum Muenchen
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE4
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2004-08
- **Primary completion:** —
- **Final completion:** 2006-06
- **Target enrollment:** 98 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2008-03-18


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00196183

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00196183, "Trigger- vs. Substrate-Ablation for Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-19 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00196183. Licensed CC0.

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