ArticleJournal of arrhythmia2023
Long-term follow-up in preschool children after radiofrequency catheter ablation of arrhythmias.
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- Clinical practice guidelines: management of non-post-operative supra-ventricular tachycardia in neonates and children less than 18 years old hospitalized in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.Annals of intensive care · 2026Article
- The value of echocardiography in the staging of preexcitation syndrome and the assessment of left ventricular wall dyskinesia in children.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Review
- Long-term follow-up in preschool children after radiofrequency catheter ablation of arrhythmias.Journal of arrhythmia · 2023Article
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Abstract
Background: Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is the standard method of treatment for tachyarrhythmias in school children, and it leads to complete recovery in children without structural heart disease. However, RFA in young children is limited by the risk of complications and unstudied remote effects of radiofrequency lesions. Objective: To present the experience of RFA of arrhythmias and the results of follow-up of younger children. Materials and Methods: RFA procedures ( Results: The overall effectiveness of RFA, considering the repeated procedures performed due to the primary ineffectiveness and recurrencies, was 94.7%. There was no mortality associated with RFA in patients, including young patients. All cases of "major" complications are associated with RFA of the left-sided accessory pathway and tachycardia foci and are represented by the mitral valve damage in three patients (1.4%). Tachycardia and preexcitation recurred in 44 (21%) patients. There was a correlation between recurrences and parameters of RFA (odds ratio 0.894; 95% confidence interval: 0.804-0.994; Conclusion: The use of the minimum effective parameters of RFA in children reduces the risk of complications, but increases arrhythmia recurrence rate.
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