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SynthesisIndian heart journal

The success rate of radiofrequency catheter ablation in Wolff-Parkinson-White-Syndrome patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Abdelrahman Farag Ibrahim Ali Sherdia, Shadi Alaa Abdelaal, Mohammed Tarek Hasan, Esraa Elsayed, Mohamed Mare'y, Asmaa Ahmed Nawar, Alaa Abdelsalam, Mujtaba Zakria Abdelgader, Alameen Adam, Mohamed Abozaid

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Synthesis in Indian heart journal. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. [Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome due to cocaine use: a case report].Revista medica del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social · 2025
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  6. A computational study on the influence of antegrade accessory pathway location on the 12-lead electrocardiogram in Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome.Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Abdelrahman Farag Ibrahim Ali SherdiaFaculty of Medicine for Boys, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.
Shadi Alaa AbdelaalKharkiv National Medical University, Kharkiv, Ukraine. Electronic address: shadi.alaa.kamal@gmail.com.
Mohammed Tarek HasanFaculty of Medicine for Boys, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.
Esraa ElsayedFaculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt.
Mohamed Mare'yFaculty of Medicine for Boys, Al-Azhar University, New Damietta, Egypt.
Asmaa Ahmed NawarFaculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt.
Alaa AbdelsalamFaculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt.
Mujtaba Zakria AbdelgaderFaculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
Alameen AdamMayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
Mohamed AbozaidMayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
Al-Azhar University · EGZagazig University · EGMayo Clinic in Arizona · USCairo University · EGKharkiv National Medical University · UA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionradiofrequency catheter ablation (RFA) is the first-line therapy for symptomatic Wolff Parkinson White (WPW) patients according to the American Heart Association. We conducted this study to assess the success rate, recurrence rate, and rate of complications associated with the utilization of radiofrequency catheter ablation for managing patients with WPW.

methodWe searched PubMed, Cochrane library, Web of Science and Scopus databases using all identified keywords and index terms through 4 January 2022. We included all studies conducted on WPW patients who were treated with ablation. We conducted the analysis using Open Meta Analyst and MedCalc version 19.1.

resultsAmong 2268 unique articles identified, only 11 articles met our inclusion criteria. The pooled effect estimates showed high success rate (94.1%[95%CI:92.3-95.9], p < 0.001)), low recurrence rate (6.2% [95%CI:4.5-7.8, p < 0.001]) and low rate of complications (1%[95%CI:0.4-1.5, p < 0.001]).

conclusionRFA showed a high success rate, low recurrence rate and low rate of complications in WPW patients.

Indexed as

Catheter AblationWolff-Parkinson-White SyndromeAmerican Heart AssociationData ManagementHumansUnited StatesComplicationsCryoablationRadiofrequency ablationRecurrenceWPW-Syndrome

Identifiers

PMID36758831
PMCPMC10123428
OpenAlexW4319337601

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