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Cardio Catch-Up: Trial Of Biosense Webster’s Dual-Energy Ablation System Finishes Enrollment

 
• By Reed Miller

On 19 July, Biosense Webster announced the final enrollment in the SmartfIRE trial of its Thermocool Smarttouch SF cardiac ablation catheter with the Trupulse generator and Carto imaging system.

Cardiovascular Catch-Up
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SmartfIRE, the single-arm study evaluating the Johnson & Johnson/Biosense Webster Thermocool Smarttouch SF dual-energy catheter and Trupulse generator, has completed enrollment about four months after it started.

The trial has enrolled 149 patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation across nine centers in Europe, the company announced on 19...

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