# Catheter Versus Thoracoscopic Surgical Ablation Strategy in Persistent Atrial Fibrillation

> **NCT01385358** · NA · UNKNOWN · sponsor: **Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust** · enrollment: 60 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Persistent Atrial Fibrillation

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Thoracoscopically Assisted Surgical Ablation
- **PROCEDURE:** Catheter Ablation

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT01385358
- **Lead sponsor:** Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** UNKNOWN
- **Start date:** 2011-04
- **Primary completion:** 2013-10
- **Final completion:** 2013-10
- **Target enrollment:** 60 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2011-06-30


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01385358

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01385358, "Catheter Versus Thoracoscopic Surgical Ablation Strategy in Persistent Atrial Fibrillation". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-01 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT01385358. Licensed CC0.

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