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ArticlePediatric cardiology2024

Empiric Slow Pathway Cryoablation in Symptomatic Children Without Documented Supraventricular Tachycardia.

Michael P Penfold, Bryan C Cannon, Philip L Wackel

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Article in Pediatric cardiology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Michael P PenfoldDepartment of Pediatrics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 200 1st SW55901, USA. penfold.michael@mayo.edu.
Bryan C CannonDivision of Pediatric Cardiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 200 1 st SW55901, USA.
Philip L WackelDivision of Pediatric Cardiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 200 1 st SW55901, USA.
WinnMed · USMayo Clinic · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In symptomatic children without documented supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) and non-inducible atrioventricular nodal reentry tachycardia (AVNRT) the benefit of empiric slow pathway (SP) ablation is unknown. We evaluated 62 symptomatic patients without documented SVT that underwent electrophysiology study (EPS). The purpose of this study was to determine if symptoms improved after empiric SP ablation in children without documented SVT and without inducible AVNRT. Sixty-two symptomatic patients without previously documented SVT underwent EPS; 31 (50%) had inducible AVNRT and underwent SP ablation, 20 (32%) were non-inducible and underwent empiric SP ablation, 11 (18%) were non-inducible and had no ablation. After a mean follow-up of 23 ± 18 months there was no significant difference in freedom from symptoms within the non-inducible cohort regardless of whether empiric SP ablation was performed (p = 0.135). There was a significant improvement in symptoms at follow-up after SP ablation when comparing inducible and non-inducible patients (p = 0.020). During follow-up no patients had documented SVT. Symptomatic children without documented SVT do not benefit from empiric SP ablation when AVNRT cannot be induced.

Indexed as

Catheter AblationCryosurgeryTachycardia, Atrioventricular Nodal ReentryTachycardia, SupraventricularChildElectrocardiographyHumansTreatment OutcomeAblationAVNRTEmpiricSlow pathwaySVTTachycardia

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