Electrophysiology

Atrial Fibrillation Trials   A4 Trial: Atrial Fibrillation Ablation vs Antiarrhythmic Drugs Trial ACTIVE W: Clopidogrel + ASA in atrial fibrillation   APAF: Ablation for Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation Trial   CACAF: Catheter Ablation for the Cure of Atrial Fibrillation Study   SPORTIF III Open label trial evaluating safety and efficacy of ximelagatran versus warfarin for prevention of stroke and systemic embolic events in patients with atrial fibrillation   SPORTIF V Double blind trial evaluating safety and efficacy of ximelagatran versus warfarin for prevention of stroke and systemic embolic events in patients with atrial fibrillation   SWEDMAF: Mitral valve surgery with pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) using epicardial cryoablation compared with mitral valve surgery alone among patients with permanent atrial fibrillation (AF) and mitral valve disease.

Implantable Cardiac Defibrillator (ICD) and VT / VF   CLARIDI Trial: Cholesterol Lowering and Arrhythmias Recurrences after Internal Defibrillator Implantation Trial   DINAMIT Effects of prophylactic implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) therapy in high-risk patients early after acute myocardial infarction   MADIT 2 Multicenter Autonomic Defibrillator Implantation Trial 2   OPTIC Evaluation of shock reduction in antiarrhythmic therapy vs beta-blocker therapy in patients receiving an implantable cardioverter defibrillator   SCD-Heft Effectiveness of amiodarone therapy or an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) with placebo in patients with NYHA class II and III congestive heart failure and reduced left ventricular ejection fraction ≤35%   SMASH-VT: ICD implantation with catheter ablation compared with ICD alone among post myocardial infarction (MI) patients with sustained ventricular tachycardia (VT)/ ventricular fibrillation (VF)

RV and Bi V Pacing   INTRINSIC RV Trial: Inhibition of Unnecessary RV Pacing with AV Search Hysteresis in ICDs Trial