Radiofrequency ablation of persistent atrial fibrillation: diagnosis-to-ablation time, markers of pathways of atrial remodeling, and outcomes

AA Hussein, WI Saliba, A Barakat… - Circulation …, 2016 - Am Heart Assoc
… However, in patients with persistent AF (PersAF), no optimal ablation strategies in addition
… electrograms, areas with continuous electrical activity, and areas with local gradients of …

Cryoballoon or radiofrequency ablation for atrial fibrillation assessed by continuous monitoring: a randomized clinical trial

…, P Khairy, CIRCA-DOSE study investigators - Circulation, 2019 - Am Heart Assoc
… Our trial addressed the issue of optimal duration of freezing during … current study, no
randomized clinical trial evaluated cryoballoon dosing. Our preclinical randomized animal studies

Evidence-based insights on ideal blanking period duration following atrial fibrillation catheter ablation

A Saglietto, A Ballatore, H Xhakupi, F Rubat Baleuri… - Europace, 2022 - academic.oup.com
… The aim of the present study was to perform a diagnostic meta-analysis to derive the ideal BP
cut-off … Randomized controlled trial, prospective, and retrospective studies were included if: …

Effect of catheter ablation vs medical therapy on quality of life among patients with atrial fibrillation: the CABANA randomized clinical trial

DB Mark, KJ Anstrom, S Sheng, JP Piccini, KN Baloch… - Jama, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
… data than the prior body of evidence and inform best current estimates for this comparison. …
are concordant with electrocardiographic monitoring of disease activity. Second, the outcome …

Catheter ablation or medical therapy to delay progression of atrial fibrillation: the randomized controlled atrial fibrillation progression trial (ATTEST)

KH Kuck, DS Lebedev, EN Mikhaylov… - EP …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
… Exclusion criteria included reversible AF, a previous diagnosis of persistent/permanent AF/…
clinical study reports and participant level data from investigators and physicians for scientific …

Long-term efficacy of catheter ablation as first-line therapy for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: 5-year outcome in a randomised clinical trial

JC Nielsen, A Johannessen, P Raatikainen… - Heart, 2017 - heart.bmj.com
… Endpoint of ablation was elimination of electrical activity … randomised controlled trials
comparing catheter ablation and … fibrillation (AF), catheter ablation is more effective for reducing …

… uptake and thyroglobulin-guided radioiodine remnant ablation in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer: a prospective, randomized, open-label, controlled trial

Y Jin, M Ruan, L Cheng, H Fu, M Liu, S Sheng, L Chen - Thyroid, 2019 - liebertpub.com
… Unfortunately, the debate about the optimal activity of 131I required for RRA continues (7,8). …
131I activity used for diagnostic procedures should be as low as possible. In this study, only …

Evaluation of high‐intensity focused ultrasound ablation for uterine fibroids: an IDEAL prospective exploration study

…, Committee of the Clinical Trial of HIFU … - … Journal of Obstetrics …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
… (2) Imaging-confirmed diagnosis of symptomatic fibroids with any of the following … activities)
were 4.1, 24.0 and 29.5 days, respectively, for the three groups. The differences between

Evidence-based diagnosis, staging, and treatment of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

J Bruix, M Reig, M Sherman - Gastroenterology, 2016 - Elsevier
… an informative end point for clinical trials of patients with HCC; … time and findings from cohort
studies indicate that the best … , 107 case-control and modeling studies have shown ablation

AASLD practice guidance on prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma

AG Singal, JM Llovet, M Yarchoan, N Mehta… - Hepatology, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) HCC guidance document was updated at this time to reflect
clinically … topics and questions related to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of HCC. …