Catheter Ablation versus Standard Conventional Treatment in Patients with Left Ventricular Dysfunction and Atrial Fibrillation (CASTLE-AF) - Study Design

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Methods: The catheter ablation versus standard conventional treatment in patients with left ventricular dysfunction and atrial fibrillation trial (CASTLE-AF) is a randomized evaluation of ablative treatment of atrial fibrillation in patients with left ventricular dysfunction. The primary endpoint is the composite of all-cause mortality or worsening of heart failure requiring unplanned hospitalization using a time to first event analysis. Secondary endpoints are all-cause mortality, cardiovascular mortality, cerebrovascular accidents, worsening of heart failure requiring unplanned hospitalization, unplanned hospitalization due to cardiovascular reason, all-cause hospitalization, quality of life, number of therapies (shock and antitachycardia pacing) delivered by the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD), time to first ICD therapy, number of device-detected ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation episodes, AF burden, AF free interval, left ventricular function, exercise tolerance, and percentage of right ventricular pacing. CASTLE-AF will randomize 420 patients for a minimum of 3 years at 48 sites in the United States, Europe, Australia, and South America. (PACE 2009; 32:987-994)
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)987-994
JournalPacing and clinical electrophysiology
Volume32
Issue number8
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Publication statusPublished - 2009

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