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[Agency] NIH [Project Title] MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL PULMONARY VEIN INSOLATION VS. MEDICAL MANAGEMENT IN P [Institution] UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA [Amount] $397,631 [Summary] Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia affecting over 2.5 million Americans at a cost of over 7 billion dollars per year to Medicare alone. Importantly, 15% of all strokes are attributed to atrial fibrillation with the atrial appendage implicated as the likely source of emboli in these patients. This proposal specifically addresses stroke patients with AF by comparing optimal medical therapy with a novel surgical ablative procedure that restores sinus rhythm and ligates the atrial appendage. [Completion/ Closing Date] 09/02/2010 [Link] link [Category] 
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