# Comparison of Pulmonary Vein Ablation With or Without Left Atrial Posterior Wall Ablation for Persistent AF (PIVoTAL)

> **NCT03057548** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Arash Aryana, MD** · enrollment: 110 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Atrial Fibrillation Chronic
- Persistent Atrial Fibrillation

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Cryo or Radiofrequency (RF) Ablation only of Pulmonary Veins
- **PROCEDURE:** Cryo or RF Ablation of Pulmonary Veins plus Ablation of the PLAW

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03057548
- **Lead sponsor:** Arash Aryana, MD
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2017-02-24
- **Primary completion:** 2020-05-13
- **Final completion:** 2020-05-31
- **Target enrollment:** 110 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2025-11-05


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03057548

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03057548, "Comparison of Pulmonary Vein Ablation With or Without Left Atrial Posterior Wall Ablation for Persistent AF (PIVoTAL)". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03057548. Licensed CC0.

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