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      The Specific Electrophysiologic Characteristics in Children with the Atypical Forms of Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia

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          Radiofrequency catheter ablation for tachyarrhythmias in children and adolescents. The Pediatric Electrophysiology Society.

          Although radiofrequency catheter ablation has been used extensively to treat refractory supraventricular tachycardia in adults, few data are available on its safety and efficacy in children and adolescents. We reviewed registry data obtained from 24 centers to evaluate the indications, early results, complications, and short-term follow-up data in young patients who underwent this procedure. Standardized data were submitted for 652 patients who underwent 725 procedures between January 1, 1991, and September 1, 1992. The mean length of follow-up was 13.5 months. The median age of the patients was 13.5 years, and 84 percent of them had structurally normal hearts. The initial success rates for ablation of atrioventricular accessory pathways (508 of 615 procedures) and atrioventricular-node reentry (63 of 76 procedures) were both 83 percent. Greater institutional experience in performing ablation in children and location of the accessory pathway in the left free wall correlated with greater likelihood of sustained success. Conversely, a right free-wall pathway, the presence of other heart disease, and higher body weight were all associated with a lesser chance of sustained success. Recurrences of arrhythmia accounted for 45 percent of the failures overall in the series. Atrial ectopic-focus tachycardia had the highest recurrence rate. The total complication rate was 4.8 percent (35 of 725 procedures), and the only variables that independently correlated with a higher complication rate were very low weight and less institutional experience. These early results suggest that radio-frequency catheter ablation has a good success rate and a low complication rate in pediatric patients, especially when it is carried out in experienced pediatric cardiology centers.
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            Cryoablation versus radiofrequency ablation for treatment of pediatric atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia: initial experience with 4-mm cryocatheter.

            Initial reports have shown cryoablation to be safe and efficacious for treatment of atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia (AVNRT). No direct comparisons of cryoablation vs radiofrequency (RF) catheter ablation in pediatric patients have been made. The purpose of this study was to compare the outcomes of cryothermal vs RF catheter ablation for treatment of AVNRT in pediatric patients. We retrospectively reviewed consecutive ablation procedures for treatment of AVNRT at a single arrhythmia center. The RF group consisted of patients who underwent RF ablation from 2002 until cryothermy became available. The cryoablation group consisted of patients who underwent cryothermal ablation from 2004 to 2005. The groups were compared for procedural and electrophysiologic outcomes. RF (n = 60, age 14 +/- 4 years) and cryoablation (n = 57, age 14 +/- 4 years) groups had similar demographic and baseline parameters. Procedural times were shorter in the RF group (RF ablation 112 +/- 31 minutes vs cryoablation 148 +/- 46 minutes, P < .001). Fluoroscopy times were comparable (RF ablation 21 +/- 15 minutes vs cryoablation 20 +/- 13 minutes, P = .77). In an intention-to-treat analysis, success of the procedure was 100% for RF ablation and 95% for cryoablation (P = .11). No permanent AV block occurred in either group. Recurrence rates were higher for the cryoablation group, but this did not reach statistical significance (RF ablation 2% vs cryoablation 8%, P = .19). Cryoablation appears to be similar to RF for ablation of AVNRT with respect to short-term efficacy and safety of the procedure in a pediatric population. Recurrence rates are higher with cryoablation.
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              Atypical atrioventricular node reciprocating tachycardia masquerading as tachycardia using a left-sided accessory pathway.

              The study was performed to document that atrioventricular node reciprocating tachycardia (AVNRT) can be associated with eccentric retrograde left-sided activation, masquerading as tachycardia using a left accessory pathway.
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                Journal
                CRD
                Cardiology
                10.1159/issn.0008-6312
                Cardiology
                S. Karger AG
                0008-6312
                1421-9751
                2007
                November 2007
                14 February 2007
                : 108
                : 4
                : 351-357
                Affiliations
                Departments of aPediatrics and bMedicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
                Article
                99108 Cardiology 2007;108:351–357
                10.1159/000099108
                17308382
                1f9bddc3-d3e8-4604-a6d4-4b86109dfd30
                © 2007 S. Karger AG, Basel

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                History
                : 24 August 2006
                : 26 October 2006
                Page count
                Pages: 7
                Categories
                Original Research

                General medicine,Neurology,Cardiovascular Medicine,Internal medicine,Nephrology
                Atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia,Radiofrequency catheter ablation,Electrophysiology

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