Cryoballoon Ablation versus Radiofrequency Ablation in Patients with Persistent Atrial Fibrillation (CRRF-PeAF): Protocol for a Prospective, Multicenter, Randomized, Controlled Study

• Koji Miyamoto,
• Koshiro Kanaoka,
• Masue Yoh,
• Hiroki Takahashi,
• Jun Kishihara,
• Masahiro Ishikura,
• Yasuhiro Sasaki,
• Hiroshi Fukunaga,
• Takahiko Nagase,
• So Asano,
• Shingo Mizuno,
• Shintaro Yamagami,
• Yoshinao Yazaki,
• Takahiro Kusume,
• Yasuyuki Takada,
• Kenji Yodogawa,
• Wataru Shimizu,
• Takatoshi Shigeta,
• Yuichiro Sagawa,
• Yuko Inoue,
• Satoshi Nagase,
• Takeshi Aiba,
• Masahiko Takagi,
• Hidehira Fukaya,
• Atsushi Kobori,
• Junichi Nitta,
• Masato Murakami,
• Suguru Nishiuchi,
• Kazuhiro Satomi,
• Naoya Kataoka,
• Yu-ki Iwasaki,
• Keiichi Ashikaga,
• Yasuteru Yamauchi,
• Kengo Kusano

Affiliations

Koji Miyamoto

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan

Koshiro Kanaoka

Department of Medical and Health Information Management, Open Innovation Center, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan

Masue Yoh

Department of Medicine II, Kansai Medical University, Moriguchi, Japan

Hiroki Takahashi

Department of Medicine II, Kansai Medical University, Moriguchi, Japan

Jun Kishihara

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Japan

Masahiro Ishikura

Department of Cardiology, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Kobe, Japan

Yasuhiro Sasaki

Department of Cardiology, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Kobe, Japan

Hiroshi Fukunaga

Department of Cardiology, Sakakibara Heart Institute, Tokyo, Japan

Takahiko Nagase

Department of Cardiology, Sakakibara Heart Institute, Tokyo, Japan

So Asano

Department of Cardiology, Sakakibara Heart Institute, Tokyo, Japan

Shingo Mizuno

Department of Cardiology, Shonan Kamakura General Hospital, Kamakura, Japan

Shintaro Yamagami

Department of Cardiology, Tenri Hospital, Tenri, Japan

Yoshinao Yazaki

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tokyo Medical University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Takahiro Kusume

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tokyo Medical University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Yasuyuki Takada

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tokyo Medical University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Kenji Yodogawa

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan

Wataru Shimizu

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan

Takatoshi Shigeta

Department of Cardiology, Japan Red Cross Yokohama City Bay Hospital, Yokohama, Japan

Yuichiro Sagawa

Department of Cardiology, Japan Red Cross Yokohama City Bay Hospital, Yokohama, Japan

Yuko Inoue

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan

Satoshi Nagase

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan

Takeshi Aiba

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan

Masahiko Takagi

Department of Medicine II, Kansai Medical University, Moriguchi, Japan

Hidehira Fukaya

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Japan

Atsushi Kobori

Department of Cardiology, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Kobe, Japan

Junichi Nitta

Department of Cardiology, Sakakibara Heart Institute, Tokyo, Japan

Masato Murakami

Department of Cardiology, Shonan Kamakura General Hospital, Kamakura, Japan

Suguru Nishiuchi

Department of Cardiology, Tenri Hospital, Tenri, Japan

Kazuhiro Satomi

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tokyo Medical University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Naoya Kataoka

Second Department of Internal Medicine,University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan

Yu-ki Iwasaki

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan

Keiichi Ashikaga

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Miyazaki Medical Association Hospital, Miyazaki, Japan

Yasuteru Yamauchi

Department of Cardiology, Japan Red Cross Yokohama City Bay Hospital, Yokohama, Japan

Kengo Kusano

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan; Corresponding author at: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine National Cerebral and Cardiovascular, Center, 6-1, Kishibeshimmachi, Suita, Osaka 564-8565, Japan.