# Comparison of Circumferential Pulmonary Vein Isolation Alone Versus Linear Ablation in Addition to Circumferential Pulmonary Vein Isolation for Catheter Ablation in Persistent Atrial Fibrillation: Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial

> **NCT02721121** · NA · UNKNOWN · sponsor: **Yonsei University** · enrollment: 220 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Atrial Fibrillation

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** circumferential pulmonary vein isolation
- **PROCEDURE:** Linear ablation in addiction to circumferential pulmonary vein isolation

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02721121
- **Lead sponsor:** Yonsei University
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** UNKNOWN
- **Start date:** 2016-03
- **Primary completion:** 2021-03
- **Final completion:** 2021-03
- **Target enrollment:** 220 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2019-01-22


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02721121

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02721121, "Comparison of Circumferential Pulmonary Vein Isolation Alone Versus Linear Ablation in Addition to Circumferential Pulmonary Vein Isolation for Catheter Ablation in Persistent Atrial Fibrillation: Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-28 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02721121. Licensed CC0.

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