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Catheter Ablation Versus Thoracoscopic Surgical Ablation in Long Standing Persistent Atrial Fibrillation (CASA-AF)

Project title: Catheter Ablation Versus Thoracoscopic Surgical Ablation in Long Standing Persistent Atrial Fibrillation (CASA-AF)

Call to action: 13/29 13/29 EME Researcher Led

Research type: Primary Research

Chief investigator: Dr Tom Wong

Lead Author: Dr Shouvik Haldar

Contractor: Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust

Cost: £1,377,871.50

Co-investigators: Dr David Jones, Dr Julian Jarman, Dr Shouvik Haldar, Dr Tushar Salukhe, Dr Vias Markides, Dr Wajid Hussain, Mr Anthony DeSouza, Mr Neeraj Mediratta, Mr Toufan Bahrami, Ms Caroline Murphy, Ms Joanna Kelly, Professor Darrel Francis, Professor Dhiraj Gupta, Professor Joanne Lord, Professor John Camm, Professor Kim Fox, Professor Raad Mohiaddin, Professor Simon Jones.

Started: January 2015 | Status: Published November 2021

ISRCTN: 18250790

This trial found no evidence that standalone thoracoscopic surgical ablation was superior to catheter ablation in achieving freedom from atrial arrythmias after a single procedure without anti-arrhythmic drugs.

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