Evaluation of PET/MR in Patients Selected for Ablation Therapy
Status:
Recruiting
Trial end date:
2023-06-01
Target enrollment:
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Summary
This study is performed to assess if PET-MR imaging can improve treatment of patients with
irregular heart rate and heart failure. Heart failure occurs when the heart muscle is too
weak to do his work correctly. Irregular heart rate can be related to numerous diseases. One
category of irregular heart rate is called ventricular arrhythmia. It is often seen in
patients who have had a heart attack. This type of arrhythmia can be dangerous and can cause
sudden death. To prevent these arrhythmias, doctors can perform procedures that burn the
source of arrhythmia in the heart muscle. This is called ablation. Unfortunately, ablation
does not fix the problem in 100% of patients and some will still have the arrhythmia
requiring repeated procedure. The purpose of this study is to find new ways of guiding the
doctors performing ablation, hoping to improve the success rate of the procedure.